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CVE-2023-40302

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-40302 is a critical Weak File Permissions vulnerability affecting NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE version 3.8. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 9.1, allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve high confidentiality and integrity impact over the network with low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.8.0-0.2349.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:netscout:ngeniuspulse:3.8.0-0.2349.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0084 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

opnsensepatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 3.11.0-0.397.0
pomeriumpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 3.11.0-0.397.0

Vendor Advisories (2)

pomeriumllm-pomerium-95ee42be710561a2CRITICAL

Weak File Permissions

Dec 7, 2023
opnsensellm-opnsense-7a49facba4747da8CRITICAL

Weak File Permissions

Dec 7, 2023

References

netscout.com / securityadvisories
Vendor Advisory