Tenable Tenable.sc Active Directory ldap injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Tenable Tenable.sc. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Active Directory Handler. Such manipulation leads to ldap injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-0476. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Tenable Tenable.sc (affected version not known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Active Directory Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a ldap injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-90. The product constructs all or part of an LDAP query using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended LDAP query when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A LDAP injection vulnerability exists in Tenable.sc due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users. An authenticated attacker could generate data in Active Directory using the application account through blind LDAP injection.

The weakness was published 01/27/2023. The advisory is available at tenable.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-0476 since 01/24/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1505 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-12528). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Ldap injection
CWE: CWE-90 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/24/2023 🔍
01/27/2023 +3 days 🔍
01/27/2023 +0 days 🔍
07/09/2025 +894 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: tenable.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-0476 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-0476
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-219410
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/27/2023 09:33
Updated: 07/09/2025 19:55
Changes: 01/27/2023 09:33 (37), 02/20/2023 08:13 (11), 04/02/2025 00:28 (16), 07/09/2025 19:55 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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