CVE-2023-39982

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.9 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Sep 2, 2023
Updated: Sep 8, 2023
CWE ID 798

Summary

CVE-2023-39982 is a newly discovered vulnerability affecting MXsecurity versions before v1.0.1. This issue poses a threat to the confidentiality and integrity of SSH communications on the vulnerable device. The root cause is a hard-coded SSH host key, which can facilitate man-in-the-middle attacks and enable the decryption of SSH traffic. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by intercepting and altering communication between two parties, potentially gaining unauthorized access to sensitive information. It is imperative that users upgrade to the latest version of MXsecurity to mitigate this risk.

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