Symmetric encryption used to protect messages between the AppsAnywhere server and client can be broken by reverse engineering the client an…

published 2023-11-09 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-45656

cvss: 8.0; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits: 0; none known

Symmetric encryption used to protect messages between the AppsAnywhere server and client can be broken by reverse engineering the client and used to impersonate the AppsAnywhere server.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

AppsAnywhere AppsAnywhere Client 1.6.1, 2.0.1, 2.2.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-09-04)

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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

AppsAnywhere AppsAnywhere Client
appsanywhere appsanywhere_client

Classification

Weakness

CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

docs.appsanywhere.com /appsanywhere/3.1/2023-11-security-advisory
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-41137
NVD CVE-2023-41137

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Summary