CVE-2023-38994

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 28 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.35% (28th) EPSS
CVSS 7.8 · high
Is it mine?
3 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The 'check_univention_joinstatus' prometheus monitoring script (and other scripts) in UCS 5.0-5 revealed the LDAP plaintext password of the machine account in the process list allowing attackers with local ssh access to gain higher privileges and perform followup attacks. By default, the configuration of UCS does not allow local ssh access for regular users.

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cvss

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

7.9
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.17.9highAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.17.9highCVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:N/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:C/UI:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.9highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · cve@mitre.org USexploitability 1.5 · impact 5.8
v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-668USprimaryCWE-668US
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affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bdunvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2023-10-31modified 2026-06-17
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references (13)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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