Nokia SR OS: BOF File Encryption Vulnerability

published 2024-10-17 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-58942

cvss: 3.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 0%
public exploits: 0; none known

Nokia SR OS bof.cfg file encryption is vulnerable to a brute force attack. This weakness allows an attacker in possession of the encrypted file to decrypt the bof.cfg file and obtain the BOF configuration content.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-10-17)

Exploit prediction

0.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 0% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	3.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.1	3.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Nokia SR OS (7250 IXR, 7450 ESS, 7750 SR, 7950 IXR, VSR), 7705 SAR OS, 7210 SAS OS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

nokia.com /about-us/security-and-privacy/product-security-advisory/cve-2023-6728/

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-6728
NVD CVE-2023-6728

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Summary