CVE-2023-43208: NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability that allows for unauthenticated remote code execution via a specially crafted request.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Mirth Connect contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote code execution.
- Who is affected
- Users of Mirth Connect are affected by this vulnerability.
- Urgency
- Immediate remediation is necessary due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of Mirth Connect to address this vulnerability.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43208
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2023-43208Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 99.6% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-43208 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for NextGen Healthcare Mirth
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalNextGen Healthcare Mirth Connectcisa · 2026-09-10
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