CVE-2023-43208
NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect before version 4.4.1 is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote...
NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect before version 4.4.1 is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution. Note that this vulnerability is caused by the incomplete patch of CVE-2023-37679.
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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
9.8
NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect before version 4.4.1 is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution. Note that this vulnerability is caused by the incomplete patch of CVE-2023-37679.
- Record
CVE-2023-43208- 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-78, CWE-502
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
9.8
NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect before version 4.4.1 is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution. Note that this vulnerability is caused by the incomplete patch of CVE-2023-37679.
- Record
CVE-2023-43208- 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-78, CWE-502
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-47627
9.8
NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect before version 4.4.1 is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution. Note that this vulnerability is caused by the incomplete patch of CVE-2023-37679.
- Record
EUVD-2023-47627- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pj5c-qr29-6746
9.8
NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect before version 4.4.1 is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote...
NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect before version 4.4.1 is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution. Note that this vulnerability is caused by the incomplete patch of CVE-2023-37679.
- Record
GHSA-pj5c-qr29-6746- 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-78, CWE-502
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score
NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability
NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability that allows for unauthenticated remote code execution via a specially crafted request.
- Record
CVE-2023-43208- Weakness
- CWE-502
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
9.8
NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect before version 4.4.1 is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution. Note that this vulnerability is caused by the incomplete patch of CVE-2023-37679.
- Record
CVE-2023-43208- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Metasploit | Mirth Connect Deserialization RCE | 2023-10-25 |
| PoC in GitHub | jakabakos/CVE-2023-43208-mirth-connect-rce-poc | 2024-03-17 |
| PoC in GitHub | J4F9S5D2Q7/CVE-2023-43208-MIRTHCONNECT | 2024-06-09 |
| PoC in GitHub | Avento/CVE-2023-43208_Detection_PoC | 2024-11-28 |
| PoC in GitHub | Pegasus0xx/CVE-2023-43208 | 2026-02-22 |
| PoC in GitHub | kyakei/CVE-2023-43208 | 2026-02-22 |
| PoC in GitHub | MKIRAHMET/PoC-2023-43208 | 2026-02-24 |
| PoC in GitHub | D3m0nicw0lf/CVE-2023-43208 | 2026-02-25 |
| PoC in GitHub | predyy/CVE-2023-43208 | 2026-02-25 |
| PoC in GitHub | azrvs/Mirth-Connect-CVE-2023-43208 | 2026-02-26 |
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| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | 4nuxd/CVE-2023-43208 | 2026-03-12 |
| PoC in GitHub | LunaLynx12/cve-2023-43208-poc | 2026-03-12 |
| PoC in GitHub | Criz117/CVE-2023-43208-PoC | 2026-03-13 |
| PoC in GitHub | Humberto-pixel/CVE-2023-43208-PoC | 2026-03-28 |
| Nuclei | NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect - Remote Code Execution |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploitation, exploits | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, Metasploit, Nuclei, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-43208 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Nextgen Mirth Connect, published October 26, 2023. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since May 20, 2024. EUVD reports exploitation since May 20, 2024. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 85.9%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
horizon3.ai/nextgen-mirth-connect-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-cve-2023-43208
packetstormsecurity.com/files/176920/Mirth-Connect-4.4.0-Remote-Command-Execution.html
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-43208
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43208
github.com/advisories/GHSA-pj5c-qr29-6746
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/43xxx/CVE-2023-43208.json