CVE-2023-31176
Insufficient entropy vulnerability could lead to authentication bypass
An Insufficient Entropy vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-451 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to brute-force session tokens and bypass authentication.
See product Instruction Manual Appendix A dated 20230830 for more details.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Insufficient entropy vulnerability could lead to authentication bypass
An Insufficient Entropy vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-451 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to brute-force session tokens and bypass authentication.
See product Instruction Manual Appendix A dated 20230830 for more details.
- Record
CVE-2023-31176- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-331
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-35492
An Insufficient Entropy vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-451 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to brute-force session tokens and bypass authentication.
See product Instruction Manual Appendix A dated 20230830 for more details.
- Record
EUVD-2023-35492- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-437p-76r5-9789
An Insufficient Entropy vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-451 could...
An Insufficient Entropy vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-451 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to brute-force session tokens and bypass authentication.
See product Instruction Manual Appendix A dated 20230830 for more details.
- Record
GHSA-437p-76r5-9789- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-331
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An Insufficient Entropy vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-451 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to brute-force session tokens and bypass authentication.
See product Instruction Manual Appendix A dated 20230830 for more details.
- Record
CVE-2023-31176- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-331
- 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-2023-31176 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Sel-451, published November 30, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.93%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.