CVE-2023-2538
TLS Private Key Accessible to External Parties
A CWE-552 "Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties” in the web interface of the Tyan S5552 BMC version 3.00 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to retrieve the private key of the TLS certificate in use by the BMC via forced browsing. This can then be abused to perform Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks against victims that access the web interface through HTTPS.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
TLS Private Key Accessible to External Parties
A CWE-552 "Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties” in the web interface of the Tyan S5552 BMC version 3.00 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to retrieve the private key of the TLS certificate in use by the BMC via forced browsing. This can then be abused to perform Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks against victims that access the web interface through HTTPS.
- Record
CVE-2023-2538- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-552
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-34017
A CWE-552 "Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties” in the web interface of the Tyan S5552 BMC version 3.00 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to retrieve the private key of the TLS certificate in use by the BMC via forced browsing. This can then be abused to perform Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks against victims that access the web interface through HTTPS.
- Record
EUVD-2023-34017- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4m78-wr94-p294
A CWE-552 "Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties” in the web interface of the Tyan...
A CWE-552 "Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties” in the web interface of the Tyan S5552 BMC version 3.00 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to retrieve the private key of the TLS certificate in use by the BMC via forced browsing. This can then be abused to perform Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks against victims that access the web interface through HTTPS.
- Record
GHSA-4m78-wr94-p294- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-552
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A CWE-552 "Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties” in the web interface of the Tyan S5552 BMC version 3.00 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to retrieve the private key of the TLS certificate in use by the BMC via forced browsing. This can then be abused to perform Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks against victims that access the web interface through HTTPS.
- Record
CVE-2023-2538- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-552
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-2538 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Tyan S5552 Bmc, published July 5, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.24%, the 15th percentile. No source names a fixed version.