CVE-2023-40236
In Pexip VMR self-service portal before 3, the same SSH host key is used across different...
In Pexip VMR self-service portal before 3, the same SSH host key is used across different customers' installations, which allows authentication bypass.
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
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In Pexip VMR self-service portal before 3, the same SSH host key is used across different customers' installations, which allows authentication bypass.
- Record
CVE-2023-40236- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
In Pexip VMR self-service portal before 3, the same SSH host key is used across different customers' installations, which allows authentication bypass.
- Record
CVE-2023-40236- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-44833
In Pexip VMR self-service portal before 3, the same SSH host key is used across different customers' installations, which allows authentication bypass.
- Record
EUVD-2023-44833- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3m3v-xv6x-mhqh
In Pexip VMR self-service portal before 3, the same SSH host key is used across different...
In Pexip VMR self-service portal before 3, the same SSH host key is used across different customers' installations, which allows authentication bypass.
- Record
GHSA-3m3v-xv6x-mhqh- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-40236 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Pexip Virtual Meeting Rooms, published December 25, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 32nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.