# CVE-2023-41137: Hardcoded credentials in AppsAnywhere Client

> Attackers can reverse engineer the client to extract symmetric keys, allowing them to impersonate the server and decrypt messages.

- **Severity:** High 8.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 28 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9r9g-gv68-x7hw

## What is CVE-2023-41137?

CVE-2023-41137 is a high-severity vulnerability in AppsAnywhere Client, published on 9 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Symmetric encryption used to protect messages between the AppsAnywhere server and client can be broken by reverse engineering the client and used to impersonate the AppsAnywhere server.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials), CWE-321 (Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-41137?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Appsanywhere Appsanywhere Client.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-41137?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-41137 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-41137 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-41137 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in AppsAnywhere Client

- [CVE-2023-41138](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41138/): Privilege escalation in AppsAnywhere Client (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-41137 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-41137 is a high-severity vulnerability in AppsAnywhere Client, published on 9 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-41137 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: AppsAnywhere Client. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41137/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41137/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41137
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41137
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-41137

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41137/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.