CVE-2023-33246
Actively exploited. CVE-2023-33246 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-09-06) — 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-2023-33246 is indexed in Metasploit, GitHub PoC and Nuclei. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
Several components of Apache RocketMQ, including NameServer, Broker, and Controller, are exposed to the extranet and lack permission verification. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by using the update configuration function to execute commands as the system users that RocketMQ is running as or achieve the same effect by forging the RocketMQ protocol content.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A command execution vulnerability allows attackers to execute commands as system users due to lack of permission verification.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Apache RocketMQ components exposed to the extranet.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent as the vulnerability is actively exploited and critical.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of Apache RocketMQ.
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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-2023-33246 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 (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2023-33246: Apache RocketMQ Command Execution Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2023-09-06
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