CVE-2023-45689

Arbitrary file read via path traversal in Titan MFT and Titan SFTP servers

6.5 Medium

Lack of sufficient path validation in South River Technologies' Titan MFT and Titan SFTP servers on Windows and Linux allows an authenticated attacker with administrative privileges to read any file on the filesystem via path traversal

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: High
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

1.00%Up 1.0 points since Oct 17, 2023

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

Record: CVE-2023-45689
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Arbitrary file read via path traversal in Titan MFT and Titan SFTP servers

Record: CVE-2023-45689
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2023-49978 0.0

Record: EUVD-2023-49978
CVSS: 0.0 NoneCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9vp9-v4wh-433r 6.5

Lack of sufficient path validation in South River Technologies' Titan MFT and Titan SFTP servers...

Record: GHSA-9vp9-v4wh-433r
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases, published	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-45689 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in South River Technologies Titan Mft, published October 16, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.00%, the 62nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.