CVE-2023-28436 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in Tailscale SSH, affecting versions 1.34.0 through 1.38.1 on FreeBSD systems. It allows commands to execute with a higher privilege group ID than intended due to a discrepancy in how the FreeBSD setgroups system call handles group restrictions. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.0, indicating a significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a low attack complexity and requiring low privileges. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.34, < 1.38.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tailscale:tailscale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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