CVE-2023-39473 is a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting Inductive Automation Ignition, stemming from improper deserialization of untrusted data within the AbstractGatewayFunction class. This flaw allows an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and requires only low privileges, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it is not listed in the KEV catalog, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not under active exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.1.0, < 8.1.35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:inductiveautomation:ignition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.