CVE-2023-38156

highpriority · track · 1EPSS 0.020 · 80 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.99% (80th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

Azure HDInsight Apache Ambari JDBC Injection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

remediations

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

A vendor fix is available.

FixedAzure HDInsightmsrc_csaf
2308221128:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hdinsight/hdinsight-release-notes
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hdinsight/hdinsight-release-notes

cvss

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

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.6–7.2

v3.17.2highAV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secure@microsoft.com USexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9

v3.16.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · Microsoft Security Response Center US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USCWE-20USCWE-264US

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft Azure DevOps Server 2022.0.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:azure_devops_server:2022.0.1
Microsoft Azure HDInsightsall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:azure_hdinsights:-
Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Serviceall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:azure:kubernetes_service
Microsoft Azure HDInsight1.0 → 2308221128enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Corp Azure HDInsightall versionsfstec_bduRU
Azure HDInsightall versionsfixedmsrc_csafUS
Azure HDInsight< 2308221128msrc_csafUS
microsoft azure hdinsightall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_hdinsight:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2334Microsoft Azure: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-09-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure DevOps Server und Microsoft Azure HDInsights ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen oder beliebigen Code auszuführen.
msrc_CVE-2023-38156Azure HDInsight Apache Ambari JDBC Injection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2023-09-12csaf · msrc_csafUS
To determine the support lifecycle for your software, see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund msrc_csaf nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-09-12modified 2026-10-06

references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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