CVE-2023-20198

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitcovered by 2 sourcesfirst seen 2023-10-16

Actively exploited. CVE-2023-20198 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-10-16) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.

Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2023-20198 is indexed in Metasploit, GitHub PoC and Nuclei. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.

[Update on November 2, 2023] Version 17.3.8a is available. [Update on October 31, 2023] Technical details of the vulnerability CVE-2023-20198 are now publicly available. This vulnerability was already being widely exploited. All equipment exposing...

CSIRTS triage

What: Technical details of the vulnerability CVE-2023-20198 are now publicly available.
Who is affected: All equipment exposing Cisco IOS XE.
Urgency: Remediation is urgent as the vulnerability is widely exploited.
Action: Monitor for updates and apply patches as they become available.

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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Exploit availability

Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2023-20198 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.

MetasploitA Metasploit Framework module targets this CVE — weaponized, point-and-click exploitation.look it up ↗
GitHub PoCPublic proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub reference this CVE.look it up ↗
NucleiA nuclei-templates detection/PoC template exists for this CVE.look it up ↗

Advisory coverage (2)

unknownexploited[Update] Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS XE (October 17, 2023)cert-fr-alerte · 2023-10-17
criticalexploitedCVE-2023-20198: Cisco IOS XE Web UI Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2023-10-16

External references

NVD record for CVE-2023-20198

CVE.org record

CISA KEV catalog

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