CVE-2023-31037 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

NVIDIA Bluefield 2 and Bluefield 3 DPU BMC contains a vulnerability in ipmitool, where a root user may cause code injection by a network call. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to code execution on the OS.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00094.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Nvidia	Bluefield 2 Ga Bluefield 2 Lts Bluefield 3 Ga Bluefield Bmc

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:bluefield_bmc:2.8.2-46::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:bluefield_bmc:23.04::::-:::
	cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:bluefield_bmc:23.07::::-:::
	cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:bluefield_bmc:23.09::::-:::

OR	cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:bluefield_2_ga:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:bluefield_2_lts:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:bluefield_3_ga:-:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-35374	NVIDIA Bluefield 2 and Bluefield 3 DPU BMC contains a vulnerability in ipmitool, where a root user may cause code injection by a network call. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to code execution on the OS.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5511

History

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published: 2024-01-24T02:12:30.123Z

Updated: 2025-06-09T20:48:11.032Z

Reserved: 2023-04-22T02:38:33.414Z

Link: CVE-2023-31037

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T14:45:25.681Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-24T03:15:08.100

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:01:17.800

Link: CVE-2023-31037

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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