CVE-2023-50976 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Redpanda before 23.1.21 and 23.2.x before 23.2.18 has missing authorization checks in the Transactions API.

Published: 2023-12-17

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:redpanda:redpanda::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:redpanda:redpanda::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-55703	Redpanda before 23.1.21 and 23.2.x before 23.2.18 has missing authorization checks in the Transactions API.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 0.00121.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/compare/v23.1.20...v23.1.21
https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/compare/v23.2.17...v23.2.18
https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/issues/15048
https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/pull/14969
https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/pull/15060

History

Tue, 20 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Redpanda Redpanda

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-20T18:23:43.433Z

Reserved: 2023-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-50976

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:23:44.194Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-18T00:15:11.253

Modified: 2025-05-20T19:15:48.577

Link: CVE-2023-50976

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-862

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