CVE-2023-25188: nokia asika_airscale_firmware Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-25188 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in nokia asika_airscale_firmware. EPSS estimates a 0.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 16-06-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 12-12-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An issue was discovered on NOKIA Airscale ASIKA Single RAN devices before 21B. If/when CSP (as a BTS administrator) removes security hardenings from the Nokia Single RAN BTS baseband unit, the BTS baseband unit diagnostic tool AaShell (which is by default disabled) allows unauthenticated access from the mobile network solution internal BTS management network to the BTS embedded Linux operating-system level.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA5.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:L/A:H/C:L/I:L/PR:H/S:U/UI:RDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.10%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
1%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.10% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Nokia1 product
- asika_airscale_firmware19b | 20a | 20b | 20c | 21a
1 vendor · 1 product
References
2 links- nokia.comProduct