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CVE-2023-31175: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-08-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-250

Description

An Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5037 SEL Grid Configurator could allow an attacker to run system commands with the highest level privilege on the system. See Instruction Manual Appendix A and Appendix E dated 20230615 for more details. This issue affects SEL-5037 SEL Grid Configurator: before 4.5.0.20.

Affected products

• Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5037 SEL Grid Configurator: before 4.5.0.20 — fixed in 4.5.0.20

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5037 SEL Grid Configurator 4.5.0.20. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://selinc.com/support/security-notifications/external-reports/
• https://www.nozominetworks.com/blog/
• https://selinc.com/support/security-notifications/external-reports/
• https://www.nozominetworks.com/blog/

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