01 Record
CVE-2023-25589
Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Creation Leads to Complete System Compromise
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: hpe
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Creation Leads to Complete System Compromise
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 61.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-03-14 14:44Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-02-27 15:47Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-02-07
- Assigning CNA
- hpe
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical FunctionBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ae835e2df22ad4a5af09cc8efce29d2d49e75574fe6eb6f5772503034a3c3ed5
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager6.11.1 and below, 6.10.8 and below, 6.9.13 and below—
06 References
- www.arubanetworks.comhttps://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2023-003.txt