Insufficient verification of data authenticity in Assets Discovery - CVE-2023-22523
Published: December 6, 2023 / Updated: March 22, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU83915
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22523
CWE-ID: CWE-345
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient verification of data authenticity in the agent application when communicating with the Assets Discovery application. A remote attacker can spoof origin of the server application and execute arbitrary commands on the client system.
Affected software
Assets Discovery
How to mitigate CVE-2023-22523
Install updates from vendor's website.
Assets Discovery - addressed in versions 3.2.0-cloud, 6.2.0
External References
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JSDSERVER-14893
- https://support.atlassian.com/jira-service-management-cloud/docs/install-asset-discovery-agents/
- https://support.atlassian.com/jira-service-management-cloud/docs/what-are-asset-discovery-agents/
- https://confluence.atlassian.com/security/cve-2023-22523-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-assets-discovery-1319248914.html
- https://confluence.atlassian.com/security/cve-2023-22523-rce-vulnerability-in-assets-discovery-1319248914.html
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JSDSERVER-14925