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CVE-2023-44373

Q: Is CVE-2023-44373 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2023-44373 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.3% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Q: What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-44373?

CVE-2023-44373 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2023-11-14
Fixed in4.5
WeaknessCWE-74

Am I affected?

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Description

Affected devices do not properly sanitize an input field. This could allow an authenticated remote attacker with administrative privileges to inject code or spawn a system root shell. Follow-up of CVE-2022-36323.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2023-11-1411:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-44373?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-44373?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

Siemens 6ag1206-2bb00-7ac2 firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
4.5	< 4.5	4.5	NVD

Siemens 6ag1206-2bs00-7ac2 firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
4.5	< 4.5	4.5	NVD

Siemens 6ag1208-0ba00-7ac2 firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
4.5	< 4.5	4.5	NVD

68 more products in the sources.

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

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

ICSA-24-256-13 CISA19 known affected
Siemens SCALANCE W700
SCALANCE WAB762-1 (6GK5762-1AJ00-6AA0) · SCALANCE WAM763-1 (6GK5763-1AL00-7DA0) · SCALANCE WAM763-1 (ME) (6GK5763-1AL00-7DC0) · +16 more
ICSA-24-046-09 CISA6 known affected
Siemens SCALANCE SC-600 Family
SCALANCE SC622-2C (6GK5622-2GS00-2AC2) · SCALANCE SC626-2C (6GK5626-2GS00-2AC2) · SCALANCE SC632-2C (6GK5632-2GS00-2AC2) · +3 more
ICSA-23-348-14 CISA20 known affected
Siemens RUGGEDCOM and SCALANCE M-800/S615 Family
RUGGEDCOM RM1224 LTE(4G) EU (6GK6108-4AM00-2BA2) · RUGGEDCOM RM1224 LTE(4G) NAM (6GK6108-4AM00-2DA2) · SCALANCE M804PB (6GK5804-0AP00-2AA2) · +17 more
ICSA-23-320-08 CISA71 known affected
Siemens SCALANCE Family Products
SCALANCE XB205-3 (SC, PN) (6GK5205-3BB00-2AB2) · SCALANCE XB205-3 (ST, E/IP) (6GK5205-3BB00-2TB2) · SCALANCE XB205-3 (ST, E/IP) (6GK5205-3BD00-2TB2) · +68 more

Full record on NVD

Fix

Update Siemens 6ag1206-2bb00-7ac2 firmware to 4.5
Vendor fix CISA ICSA-24-256-13 · 19 productsUpdate to V2.4.0 or later version
Vendor fix CISA ICSA-24-046-09 · 6 productsUpdate to V3.0.2 or later version
Vendor fix CISA ICSA-23-348-14 · 20 productsUpdate to V8.0 or later version
Vendor fix CISA ICSA-23-320-08 · 71 productsUpdate to V4.5 or later version
Workaround from the vendor CISA ICSA-24-046-09 · 6 productsRestrict access to application webserver for trusted users only

Advisories and patches

cert-portal.siemens.comVendor Advisory

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

NVDCVE recordread 2026-10-23
CNACVSS 4.09.4read 2026-10-23
CNACVSS 3.19.1read 2026-10-23
CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-74read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.3 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 4.0 vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Published: 2023-11-14
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-44373?

Is CVE-2023-44373 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2023-44373 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.3% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-44373?

CVE-2023-44373 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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