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CVE-2023-51842

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-51842 is an algorithm-downgrade vulnerability affecting Ylianst MeshCentral version 1.1.16. This high-severity flaw, with a CVSS score of 7.5, allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely compromise the confidentiality of data without user interaction. While the vulnerability has no known active exploits, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, its potential impact on data confidentiality warrants attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:meshcentral:meshcentral:1.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0083 is in the 29th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: meshcentralFixed in: 1.1.17

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-wpxw-5xfm-x22vhigh

MeshCentral algorithm-downgrade issue

Jan 29, 2024

References

github.com / tianjk99/Cryptographic-Misuses/blob/main/Bug_MeshCentral.md
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / tianjk99/Cryptographic-Misuses/blob/main/CVE-2023-51842.md
Third Party Advisory
github.com / Ylianst/MeshCentral/tree/master
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