CVE-2023-28797

highpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.002 · 14 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.23% (14th) EPSS

CVSS 7.3 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Zscaler Client Connector for Windows before 4.1 writes/deletes a configuration file inside specific folders on the disk. A malicious user can replace the folder and execute code as a privileged user.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.3–7.3

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.3 · impact 5.9

v3.16.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Lsecondary · cve@zscaler.comexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.5

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimary

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

ZScaler Client Connector < 3.4.0.124all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:zscaler:client_connector:3.4.0.124::windows
ZScaler Client Connector < 3.9all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:zscaler:client_connector:3.9::windows
ZScaler Client Connector windows < 3.6all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:zscaler:client_connector:windows__3.6
Zscaler Client Connector0 → 4.1enisa_euvdEU
zscaler client connector< 4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zscaler:client_connector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2733ZScaler Client Connector: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-10-23csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in ZScaler Client Connector ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen, Dateien zu manipulieren oder seine Privilegien zu erweitern.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-10-23modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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