# CVE-2023-41786: Database backups availability by low-privileged users

> Low-privileged users can download database backups, exposing sensitive information in Pandora FMS.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5r2x-44qw-g2h7

## What is CVE-2023-41786?

CVE-2023-41786 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artica Pandora Fms, published on 23 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Pandora FMS on all allows File Discovery. This vulnerability allows users with low privileges to download database backups. This issue affects Pandora FMS: from 700 through 772.

Weakness: CWE-668 (Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-41786?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Artica Pandora Fms.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-41786?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-41786 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-41786 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-41786 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Artica Pandora Fms

- [CVE-2010-4279](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4279/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2021-32098](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32098/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-32099](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32099/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-26518](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26518/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-11221](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11221/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-41786 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-41786 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artica Pandora Fms, published on 23 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-41786 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Artica Pandora Fms. 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-2023-41786/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41786/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41786
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41786
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-41786

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41786/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.