CVE-2023-22644: JWT token compromise can allow malicious actions including Remote Code Execution (RCE)
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-22644 is a critical (CVSS 9.4) Generation of Incorrect Security Tokens vulnerability in suse manager_server. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 9.4 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 0% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 5Timeline
- 20-09-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-04-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A user can reverse engineer the JWT token (JSON Web Token) used in authentication for Manager and API access, forging a valid NeuVector Token to perform malicious activity in NeuVector. This can lead to an RCE.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- NVDNIST9.4CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS trend
Probability
0.46%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
40%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.46% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse62 products
- branch-network-formula&distro=SUSE Manager Server Module 4.2< 0.1.1680167239.23f2fec-150300.3.6.2
- branch-network-formula&distro=SUSE Manager Server Module 4.3< 0.1.1680167239.23f2fec-150400.3.3.3
- cobbler&distro=SUSE Manager Server Module 4.3< 3.3.3-150400.5.25.3
- cpu-mitigations-formula&distro=SUSE Manager Server Module 4.2< 0.5.0-150300.3.6.2
- cpu-mitigations-formula&distro=SUSE Manager Server Module 4.3< 0.5.0-150400.3.3.3
Github.com/neuvector1 product
- neuvector< 0.0.0-20231003121714-be746957ee7c
2 vendors · 63 products
References
111 links- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-22644X Transferred
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