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CVE-2023-34039 (GCVE-0-2023-34039)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-29 17:36 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:55
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Summary
Aria Operations for Networks contains an Authentication Bypass vulnerability due to a lack of unique cryptographic key generation. A malicious actor with network access to Aria Operations for Networks could bypass SSH authentication to gain access to the Aria Operations for Networks CLI.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Aria Operations for Networks Affected: Aria Operations for Networks 6.x
Date Public
2023-08-29 17:34
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