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CVE-2023-35861

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-07-31
  • Fixed in03.10.35
  • WeaknessCWE-78

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Description

A shell-injection vulnerability in email notifications on Supermicro motherboards (such as H12DST-B before 03.10.35) allows remote attackers to inject execute arbitrary commands as root on the BMC.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-07-3113:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
Supermicro h12dst-b firmwareversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
3.10< 03.10.3503.10.35
—all versionsno fix published
Supermicro h12dgo-6 firmwareversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published
Supermicro h12dgq-nt6 firmwareversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published

163 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Supermicro h12dst-b firmware to 03.10.35

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-07-31
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-qg5r-gm88-j987

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-35861?

A shell-injection vulnerability in email notifications on Supermicro motherboards (such as H12DST-B before 03.10.35) allows remote attackers to inject execute arbitrary commands as root on the BMC.

Is CVE-2023-35861 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2023-35861, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-35861?

CVE-2023-35861 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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