Tigergraph Enterprise 3.7.0 SSH Public Key access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Tigergraph Enterprise 3.7.0 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component SSH Public Key Handler. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-28481. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Tigergraph Enterprise 3.7.0. This issue affects an unknown part of the component SSH Public Key Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Tigergraph Enterprise 3.7.0. There is unsecured write access to SSH authorized keys file. Any code running as the tigergraph user is able to add their SSH public key into the authorised keys file. This allows an attacker to obtain password-less SSH key access by using their own SSH key.

The weakness was disclosed 08/14/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at neo4j.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-28481 since 03/16/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-32151). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

03/16/2023 🔍
08/14/2023 +150 days 🔍
08/14/2023 +0 days 🔍
12/06/2025 +845 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: neo4j.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-28481 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-28481
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-237107
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/14/2023 21:58
Updated: 12/06/2025 22:52
Changes: 08/14/2023 21:58 (38), 09/09/2023 08:18 (11), 12/06/2025 22:52 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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