Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Ignition - CVE-2023-50223

 

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Ignition - CVE-2023-50223

Published: January 8, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85057
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-50223
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Inductive Automation
Affected software:
Ignition

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within the ExtendedDocumentCodec class. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-50223

Install updates from vendor's website.

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