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CVE-2023-7102

67
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-7102 is a critical parameter injection vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances, affecting versions 5.1.3.001 through 9.2.1.001. This flaw, stemming from a third-party library, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It has been actively exploited as a zero-day by Chinese threat actors, targeting government and tech organizations, despite no public exploit code being available. The high community discussion and media coverage highlight its significant real-world impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.1.3.001, <= 9.2.1.001CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:barracuda:email_security_gateway_300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.1.3.001, <= 9.2.1.001CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:barracuda:email_security_gateway_400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.1.3.001, <= 9.2.1.001CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:barracuda:email_security_gateway_600_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.1.3.001, <= 9.2.1.001CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:barracuda:email_security_gateway_800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.1.3.001, <= 9.2.1.001CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:barracuda:email_security_gateway_900_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
43.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Barracuda ESG Spreadsheet::ParseExcel Arbitrary Code Execution · Dec 24, 2023
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4360 is in the 96th 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

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / haile01/perl_spreadsheet_excel_rce_poc
Third Party Advisory
github.com / jmcnamara/spreadsheet-parseexcel/blob/c7298592e102a375d43150cd002feed806557c15/lib/Spreadsheet/ParseExcel/Utility.pm
Product
github.com / mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2023/MNDT-2023-0019.md
Third Party Advisory
metacpan.org / dist/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel
Product
barracuda.com / company/legal/esg-vulnerability
Vendor Advisory
cve.org / CVERecord
Third Party Advisory