CVE-2023-22897 (GCVE-0-2023-22897)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-12 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:44Summary
An issue was discovered in SecurePoint UTM before 12.2.5.1. The firewall's endpoint at /spcgi.cgi allows information disclosure of memory contents to be achieved by an authenticated user. Essentially, uninitialized data can be retrieved via an approach in which a sessionid is obtained but not used.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-10 16:07 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-908 - Use of Uninitialized Resource
Assigner
References
Shadowserver
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 1bcc08f1-16b0-423a-81d1-86022a9fc97d
Exploited: Yes
Characteristics
Severity:
65.0
Timestamps
First Seen: 2023-10-23
Asserted: 2023-10-23
Last Seen: 2026-07-17
Scope
Asset Exposure: ['internet-facing']
Notes: Affected: SecurePoint / SecurePoint UTM | Class: firewall | Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.5) | IoT: no | In CISA KEV: no | Honeypot connections on 2026-07-17: 3
Evidence
Type: Honeypot
Signal: In The Wild Attempts
Confidence: 70%
Source: shadowserver
Details
| 1D | 1 |
|---|---|
| Iot | no |
| Feed | Shadowserver Foundation honeypot/exploited-vulnerabilities |
| Type | http-scan |
| Class | firewall |
| 7D Avg | 0 |
| Vendor | SecurePoint |
| 30D Avg | 0 |
| 90D Avg | 0 |
| Product | SecurePoint UTM |
| Cisa Kev | no |
| Connections | 3 |
| Observation Date | 2026-07-17 |
| Vulnerability Class | CVSS |
| Vulnerability Score | 6.5 |
| Vulnerability Severity | Medium |
References
Created: 2026-06-30 09:23 UTC
| Updated: 2026-07-19 01:00 UTC
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: e0d1c576-fffd-47cc-b2a2-e9f66d1ff6a8
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2026-01-02
Asserted: 2026-01-02
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: An issue was discovered in SecurePoint UTM before 12.2.5.1. The firewall's endpoint at /spcgi.cgi allows information disclosure of memory contents... | Affected: SecurePoint / UTM | CVSS: 6.5 (MEDIUM) | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: True
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: kevintel
Details
| Feed | KEVIntel (kevintel.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | An issue was discovered in SecurePoint UTM before 12.2.5.1. The firewall's endpoint at /spcgi.cgi allows information disclosure of memory contents... |
| Vendor | SecurePoint |
| Product | UTM |
| Added Date | 2026-01-02T00:00:00.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 6.5 |
| Epss Score | None |
| Cvss Severity | MEDIUM |
| Epss Percentile | None |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev | None |
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | True |
References
Created: 2026-06-23 14:03 UTC
| Updated: 2026-07-10 06:14 UTC
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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