7.5

CVE-2023-4640: yugabyte yugabytedb Improper Access Control

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
Published 30-08-2023Last modified 01-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-4640 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Access Control vulnerability in yugabyte yugabytedb. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.39%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 30-08-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The controller responsible for setting the logging level does not include any authorization checks to ensure the user is authenticated. This can be seen by noting that it extends Controller rather than AuthenticatedController and includes no further checks. This issue affects YugabyteDB Anywhere: from 2.0.0 through 2.17.3

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

31%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.39% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.39%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Yugabyte1 product
Yugabytedb1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

1 links