9.8

CVE-2023-38336: netkit Command Injection

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-38336DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38336
Published 14-07-2023Last modified 30-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-38336 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Command Injection vulnerability in netkit. EPSS estimates a 2.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.06%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 14-07-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

netkit-rcp in rsh-client 0.17-24 allows command injection via filenames because /bin/sh is used by susystem, a related issue to CVE-2006-0225, CVE-2019-7283, and CVE-2020-15778.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.06%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.06% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.06%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.debian.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • netkit-rshAll versions (No fix recorded)
Netkit1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • netkit-rshAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links