CVE-2023-45083: HyperCloud: "admin" and "serveradmin" users can be deleted

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 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: 2023-12-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability exists in HyperCloud that will impact the ability for a user to authenticate against the management plane. An authenticated admin-level user may be able to delete the "admin" or "serveradmin" users, which prevents authentication from subsequently succeeding. This issue affects HyperCloud versions 1.0 to any release before 2.1.

Affected products

SoftIron HyperCloud: from 1.0 before 2.1.0 — fixed in 2.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SoftIron HyperCloud 2.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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