CVE-2023-43121

A Directory Traversal vulnerability discovered in Chalet application in Extreme Networks Switch Engine (EXOS) before 32.5.1.5, before 22.7, and before 31.7.2 allows attackers to read arbitrary files.

Published: 2023-10-16 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-43121 is rated Moderate Risk (49.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.98%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-43121

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.40% 0.98% -0.42%
2 2026-03-04 0.85% 1.40% +0.55%
3 2026-03-01 0.85%

Full EPSS history (35 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-43121

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-43121

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-43121

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
extremenetworks exos < 22.7 cpe:2.3:o:extremenetworks:exos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
extremenetworks exos >= 31.7.0, < 31.7.2 cpe:2.3:o:extremenetworks:exos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
extremenetworks exos >= 32.0, < 32.5.1.5 cpe:2.3:o:extremenetworks:exos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-43121

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