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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.6

CVE-2023-39593 json

Insecure permissions in the sys_exec function of MariaDB v10.5 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands with elevated p…

published 2024-10-17 2 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-mariadb-2023-39593 , BIT-mariadb-min-2023-39593 , BIT-mysql-client-2023-39593 , EUVD-2023-43302

cvss
5.6
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 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Insecure permissions in the sys_exec function of MariaDB v10.5 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges. NOTE: this is disputed by the MariaDB Foundation because no privilege boundary is crossed.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-39593 updated cvss 5.5

mariadb: authenticated RCE vulnerability

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 mariadb, mariadb-libs, mariadb-test, mariadb-bench, mariadb-server, mariadb-embedded Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Judy, galera, mariadb, mariadb-pam, mariadb-test, mariadb-backup, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 mariadb, mariadb-pam, mariadb-test, mariadb-backup, mariadb-common, mariadb-errmsg, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 mariadb10.11
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/Ant1sec-ops/CVE-2023-39593 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
CNA 3.1 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
OSV 3.1 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami mariadb
>=10.5.0, <=10.5.0
 no fix listed
bitnami mariadb-min
>=10.5.0, <=10.5.0
 no fix listed
bitnami mysql-client
>=10.5.0, <=10.5.0
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • mariadb mariadb

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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