CVE-2023-27409
A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE LPE9403 (All versions < V2.1). A path traversal...
A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE LPE9403 (All versions < V2.1). A path traversal vulnerability was found in the deviceinfo binary via the mac parameter. This could allow an authenticated attacker with access to the SSH interface on the affected device to read the contents of any file named address.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE LPE9403 (All versions < V2.1). A path traversal vulnerability was found in the deviceinfo binary via the mac parameter. This could allow an authenticated attacker with access to the SSH interface on the affected device to read the contents of any file named address.
- Record
CVE-2023-27409- CVSS 3.1
- 2.5 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-31185
A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE LPE9403 (All versions < V2.1). A path traversal vulnerability was found in the deviceinfo binary via the mac parameter. This could allow an authenticated attacker with access to the SSH interface on the affected device to read the contents of any file named address.
- Record
EUVD-2023-31185- CVSS 3.1
- 2.5 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gj9w-8jqj-698c
A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE LPE9403 (All versions < V2.1). A path traversal...
A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE LPE9403 (All versions < V2.1). A path traversal vulnerability was found in the deviceinfo binary via the mac parameter. This could allow an authenticated attacker with access to the SSH interface on the affected device to read the contents of any file named address.
- Record
GHSA-gj9w-8jqj-698c- CVSS 3.1
- 2.5 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE LPE9403 (All versions < V2.1). A path traversal vulnerability was found in the deviceinfo binary via the mac parameter. This could allow an authenticated attacker with access to the SSH interface on the affected device to read the contents of any file named address.
- Record
CVE-2023-27409- CVSS 3.1
- 2.5 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- 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-2023-27409 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.5) in Siemens Scalance Lpe9403, published May 9, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.17%, the 6th percentile. No source names a fixed version.