CVE-2023-39982
MXsecurity Hardcoded Credential
A vulnerability has been identified in MXsecurity versions prior to v1.0.1. The vulnerability may put the confidentiality and integrity of SSH communications at risk on the affected device. This vulnerability is attributed to a hard-coded SSH host key, which might facilitate man-in-the-middle attacks and enable the decryption of SSH traffic.
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
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
MXsecurity Hardcoded Credential
A vulnerability has been identified in MXsecurity versions prior to v1.0.1. The vulnerability may put the confidentiality and integrity of SSH communications at risk on the affected device. This vulnerability is attributed to a hard-coded SSH host key, which might facilitate man-in-the-middle attacks and enable the decryption of SSH traffic.
- Record
CVE-2023-39982- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-321
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-43675
A vulnerability has been identified in MXsecurity versions prior to v1.0.1. The vulnerability may put the confidentiality and integrity of SSH communications at risk on the affected device. This vulnerability is attributed to a hard-coded SSH host key, which might facilitate man-in-the-middle attacks and enable the decryption of SSH traffic.
- Record
EUVD-2023-43675- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jvqq-8f3q-54hg
A vulnerability has been identified in MXsecurity versions prior to v1.0.1. The vulnerability may...
A vulnerability has been identified in MXsecurity versions prior to v1.0.1. The vulnerability may put the confidentiality and integrity of SSH communications at risk on the affected device. This vulnerability is attributed to a hard-coded SSH host key, which might facilitate man-in-the-middle attacks and enable the decryption of SSH traffic.
- Record
GHSA-jvqq-8f3q-54hg- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-321, CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A vulnerability has been identified in MXsecurity versions prior to v1.0.1. The vulnerability may put the confidentiality and integrity of SSH communications at risk on the affected device. This vulnerability is attributed to a hard-coded SSH host key, which might facilitate man-in-the-middle attacks and enable the decryption of SSH traffic.
- Record
CVE-2023-39982- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-321, CWE-798
- 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-2023-39982 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Moxa Mxsecurity, published September 2, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.44%, the 38th percentile. No source names a fixed version.