CVE-2023-29444

highpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.002 · 9 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.20% (9th) EPSS
CVSS 7.3 · high
Is it mine?
14 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisa_csaf_ot

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability (DLL hijacking) has been discovered that could allow a locally authenticated adversary to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. Alternatively, they could host a trojanized version of the software and trick victims into downloading and installing their malicious version to gain initial access and code execution.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

No vendor fix yet; a mitigation is available.

  • MitigationKepware KEPServerEXcisa_csaf_ot

    PTC is aware of these vulnerabilities and is developing patches to address them. PTC expects these issues to be addressed by November 2023. This advisory will be updated when these patches are ready.

  • MitigationThingWorx Industrial Connectivitycisa_csaf_ot

    PTC is aware of these vulnerabilities and is developing patches to address them. PTC expects these issues to be addressed by November 2023. This advisory will be updated when these patches are ready.

  • MitigationThingWorx Kepware Servercisa_csaf_ot

    PTC is aware of these vulnerabilities and is developing patches to address them. PTC expects these issues to be addressed by November 2023. This advisory will be updated when these patches are ready.

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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
v3.06.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · CISA US
v3.16.3mediumAV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ot-cert@dragos.comexploitability 0.3 · impact 5.9
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)
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ssvc

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

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

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-427USprimaryCWE-427USCWE-427US
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affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

06

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • ICSA-23-243-03PTC Kepware KepServerEX (Update A)2023-08-31icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS

    Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges, execute arbitrary code, and obtain server hashes and credentials.

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also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducisa_csaf_otnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2024-01-10modified 2026-06-17
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references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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