# CVE-2023-50612: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can escalate privileges and access sensitive information in Cloud Explorer Lite due to insecure permissions on the cloud accounts parameter.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r5hf-7r8j-j5mf

## What is CVE-2023-50612?

CVE-2023-50612 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Insecure Permissions vulnerability in fit2cloud Cloud Explorer Lite version 1.4.1, allow local attackers to escalate privileges and obtain sensitive information via the cloud accounts parameter.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-50612?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fit2cloud Cloudexplorer Lite.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-50612?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-50612 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-50612 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-50612 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2023-38692](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38692/): Command injection vulnerability in module management function in CloudExplorer Lite (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-2845](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2845/): Improper Access Control in cloudexplorer-dev/cloudexplorer-lite (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-44397](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44397/): CloudExplorer Lite permission bypass vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-42147](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42147/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-39519](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39519/): CloudExplorer Lite sensitive information leakage vulnerability (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-50612 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-50612 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-50612 exists.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2023-50612/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50612/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50612
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50612
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-50612

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50612/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.