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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2023-22581 json

White Rabbit Switch - Unauthenticated remote code execution

published 2023-04-24 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-26718

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

White Rabbit Switch contains a vulnerability which makes it possible for an attacker to perform system commands under the context of the web application (the default installation makes the webserver run as the root user).

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • CERN White Rabbit Switch

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.