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CVE-2023-38023

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-12-30 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An issue was discovered in SCONE Confidential Computing Platform before 5.8.0 for Intel SGX. Lack of pointer-alignment logic in __scone_dispatch and other entry functions allows a local attacker to access unauthorized information, aka an "AEPIC Leak."

Affected products

• Scontain Scone: before 5.8.0 — fixed in 5.8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Scontain Scone 5.8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/openenclave/openenclave/security/advisories/GHSA-v3vm-9h66-wm76
• https://jovanbulck.github.io/files/oakland24-pandora.pdf
• https://sconedocs.github.io/release5.7/
• https://sconedocs.github.io/release5.8/
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/software-security-guidance/advisory-guidance/stale-data-read-from-xapic.html
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/software-security-guidance/technical-documentation/processor-mmio-stale-data-vulnerabilities.html#inpage-nav-3-2-2
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00657.html
• https://github.com/openenclave/openenclave/security/advisories/GHSA-v3vm-9h66-wm76
• https://jovanbulck.github.io/files/oakland24-pandora.pdf
• https://sconedocs.github.io/release5.7/
• https://sconedocs.github.io/release5.8/
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/software-security-guidance/advisory-guidance/stale-data-read-from-xapic.html

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