# CVE-2023-4417: Missing authorization in Remote Desktop Manager

> Authenticated users can inadvertently share personal vault entries with shared vaults due to improper access controls in the entry duplication component.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:** 21 Aug 2023
- **Updated:** 4 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wvwh-qqm2-5v6g

## What is CVE-2023-4417?

CVE-2023-4417 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager, published on 21 Aug 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper access controls in the entry duplication component in Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager 2023.2.19 and earlier versions on Windows allows an authenticated user, under specific circumstances, to inadvertently share their personal vault entry with shared vaults via an incorrect vault in the duplication write process.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4417?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-4417?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-4417 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-4417 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4417 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager

- [CVE-2026-2590](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2590/): Security feature bypass in Remote Desktop Manager (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-6057](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6057/): Auth bypass in Remote Desktop Manager (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-6593](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6593/): Missing authorization in Remote Desktop Manager (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-5765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5765/): Missing authorization in Remote Desktop Manager (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-4373](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4373/): Missing authorization in Remote Desktop Manager (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-4417 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-4417 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager, published on 21 Aug 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-2023-4417 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager. 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-2023-4417/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4417/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4417
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4417
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4417

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4417/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.