CVE-2023-40236

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 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: 2023-12-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-798

Description

In Pexip VMR self-service portal before 3, the same SSH host key is used across different customers' installations, which allows authentication bypass.

Affected products

Pexip Virtual Meeting Rooms: before 3.0 — fixed in 3.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Pexip Virtual Meeting Rooms 3.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://docs.pexip.com/admin/security_bulletins.htm
https://docs.pexip.com/admin/security_bulletins.htm

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