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🛡️ CVE-2023-39468 — scada-data-gateway

🟠 CVSS 7.2 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-749 NVD
7.2
CVSS Score
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Description

Triangle MicroWorks SCADA Data Gateway DbasSectorFileToExecuteOnReset Exposed Dangerous Function Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Triangle MicroWorks SCADA Data Gateway. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of DbasSectorFileToExecuteOnReset parameter. The issue results from an exposed dangerous function. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-20799.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • 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-2023-39468 is classified as CWE-749: Exposed Dangerous Method or Function. A powerful method is reachable by callers who should not be able to invoke it.

Affected software

CVE-2023-39468 is recorded against 1 package.

  • scada-data-gateway

Timeline and source

Published on 3 May 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.trianglemicroworks.com
www.zerodayinitiative.com
www.trianglemicroworks.com
www.zerodayinitiative.com

Other advisories for this package

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

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-749: Exposed Dangerous Method or Function) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.2
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-749
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-05-03
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
scada-data-gateway — —

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