{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40463 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40463 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-40463 is a high-severity vulnerability in SierraWireless ALEOS, published on 4 Dec 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-40463 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-40463 is a high-severity vulnerability in SierraWireless ALEOS, published on 4 Dec 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40463 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: SierraWireless ALEOS. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40463/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40463/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-40463","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40463/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-40463","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-gpf7-58jv-mggq"],"analysis":{"component_type":"iot_embedded","fix_type":"no_fix_stated","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"Sierra Wireless ALEOS","requires_auth":"none","summary":"An authenticated administrator can access a stored root password hash in debug mode, potentially leading to privilege escalation on Sierra Wireless ALEOS devices.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"hardcoded_credentials"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"SWI","cpe":[{"product":"aleos","vendor":"sierrawireless"}],"cvss":{"score":8.1,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-798","name":"Use of Hard-coded Credentials"}],"description":"When configured in\ndebugging mode by an authenticated user with\n\nadministrative\nprivileges, ALEOS 4.16 and earlier store the SHA512\n\nhash of the common\nroot password for that version in a directory\n\naccessible to a user\nwith root privileges or equivalent access.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Use of Hard-Coded Credentials","id":"CVE-2023-40463","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"hardcoded_credentials","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Use of hardcoded certificate and private key","id":"CVE-2023-40464"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Improper input leads to DoS","id":"CVE-2023-40462"},"products":["ALEOS"],"published":"2023-12-04","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Sierra Wireless AirLink ALEOS Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type","id":"CVE-2018-4063","kev_date_added":"2025-12-12","published":"2019-05-06"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Hardcoded credentials in n/a","id":"CVE-2015-2897","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2015-08-08"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2019-11851","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-12-26"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Missing authorization in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-10251","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-05-04"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"ALEOS AceManager Information Disclosure","id":"CVE-2019-11857","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-08-21"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Command injection in ALEOS","id":"CVE-2022-46649","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-02-10"},{"cvss_score":8.3,"headline":"Improper input leads to DoS","id":"CVE-2023-40465","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-12-04"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-05-29","vendors":["SierraWireless"]},"summary":"An authenticated administrator can access a stored root password hash in debug mode, potentially leading to privilege escalation on Sierra Wireless ALEOS devices.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40463/"}