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CVE-2023-44120

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-01-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Spectrum Power 7 (All versions < V23Q4). The affected product's sudo configuration permits the local administrative account to execute several entries as root user. This could allow an authenticated local attacker to inject arbitrary code and gain root access.

Affected products

• Siemens Spectrum Power 7: before 23q4 — fixed in 23q4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Siemens Spectrum Power 7 23q4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-786191.pdf
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-786191.pdf

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