CVE-2023-48643

Published May 16, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
Shrubbery tac_plus 2.x, 3.x. and 4.x through F4.0.4.28 allows unauthenticated Remote Command Execution. The product allows users to configure authorization checks as shell commands through the tac_plus.cfg configuration file. These are executed when a client sends an authorization request with a username that has pre-authorization directives configured. However, it is possible to inject additional commands into these checks because strings from TACACS+ packets are used as command-line arguments. If the installation lacks a a pre-shared secret (there is no pre-shared secret by default), then the injection can be triggered without authentication. (The attacker needs to know a username configured to use a pre-authorization command.) NOTE: this is related to CVE-2023-45239 but the issue is in the original Shrubbery product, not Meta's fork.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-52693 Shrubbery tac_plus 2.x, 3.x. and 4.x through F4.0.4.28 allows unauthenticated Remote Command Execution. The product allows users to configure authorization checks as shell commands through the tac_plus.cfg configuration file. These are executed when a client sends an authorization request with a username that has pre-authorization directives configured. However, it is possible to inject additional commands into these checks because strings from TACACS+ packets are used as command-line arguments. If the installation lacks a a pre-shared secret (there is no pre-shared secret by default), then the injection can be triggered without authentication. (The attacker needs to know a username configured to use a pre-authorization command.) NOTE: this is related to CVE-2023-45239 but the issue is in the original Shrubbery product, not Meta's fork.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.05485}

epss

{'score': 0.06919}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Shrubbery
Shrubbery tac Plus 2x
Shrubbery tac Plus 3x
Shrubbery tac Plus 4x
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:shrubbery:tac_plus_2x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:shrubbery:tac_plus_3x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:shrubbery:tac_plus_4x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Shrubbery
Shrubbery tac Plus 2x
Shrubbery tac Plus 3x
Shrubbery tac Plus 4x
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-94
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Feb 13, 2025, 3:46 PM
Reserved
Nov 17, 2023, 12:00 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
May 16, 2024, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:34 AM