CVE-2023-32174 - CVE House

Back to Database

Status published Critical CVE-2023-32174

Unified Automation UaGateway NodeManagerOpcUa Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

9.1 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Unified Automation UaGateway NodeManagerOpcUa Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Unified Automation UaGateway. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability when the product is in its default configuration. The specific flaw exists within the handling of NodeManagerOpcUa objects. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. . Was ZDI-CAN-20577.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2023-32174

Check My Exposure

Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

More from Unified Automation

View All →

Unified Automation UaGateway Certificate Parsing Integer Overflow Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Unified Automation UaGateway AddServer XML Injection Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Unified Automation UaGateway OPC UA Server Use-After-Free Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Unified Automation UaGateway OPC UA Server Null Pointer Dereference Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Unified Automation UaGateway OPC UA Server Improper Input Validation Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Affected Vendor

Unified Automation

View all reports →

Affected Software

UaGateway

Vulnerable Versions:

UaGateway 1.5.13

Timeline

Official Publish: May 3rd, 2024

Last Modified: September 18th, 2024

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1055 Process Injection

Defense Evasion

T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

Command and Control

T1485 Data Destruction