🛡️ CVE-2023-24523 — host-agent

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-24523 is classified as CWE-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. A resource is made reachable from a context that should not have access to it.

Affected software

CVE-2023-24523 is recorded against 1 package.

• host-agent

Timeline and source

Published on 14 February 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

host-agent has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2024-47595 (6.3 Medium, published 12 Nov 2024)
• CVE-2023-40308 (7.5 High, published 12 Sep 2023)
• CVE-2023-40309 (9.8 Critical, published 12 Sep 2023)
• CVE-2023-36926 (3.7 Low, published 8 Aug 2023)
• CVE-2023-27498 (7.2 High, published 14 Mar 2023)
• CVE-2023-0012 (6.4 Medium, published 10 Jan 2023)
• CVE-2022-35295 (4.9 Medium, published 13 Sep 2022)
• CVE-2022-29612 (4.3 Medium, published 14 Jun 2022)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere) in other software:

• CVE-2026-70606 (5.9 Medium, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-54727 (8.2 High, published 29 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-54495 (published 17 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-59835 (8.6 High, published 14 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-32690 (2.0 Low, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-30187 (4.7 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-29905 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-53826 (4.3 Medium, published 2 Jul 2026)

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