{"id":"CVE-2023-5719","aliases":["EUVD-2023-58006","GHSA-7346-p858-4r4c"],"status":"published","title":"Red Lion Crimson Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character","description":"The Crimson 3.2 Windows-based configuration tool allows users with administrative access to define new passwords for users and to download the resulting security configuration to a device. If such a password contains the percent (%) character, invalid values will be included, potentially truncating the string if a NUL is encountered. If the simplified password is not detected by the administrator, the device might be left in a vulnerable state as a result of more-easily compromised credentials. Note that passwords entered via the Crimson system web server do not suffer from this vulnerability.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00618,"percentile":0.49965,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-158"],"published":"2023-11-06T19:33:20Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:49:13Z","products":[{"vendor":"red lion","product":"crimson"},{"vendor":"redlion","product":"crimson"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-306-01","tags":["x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"]},{"url":"https://support.redlion.net/hc/en-us/categories/360002087671-Security-Advisories","tags":["x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5719"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7346-p858-4r4c"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-5719","title":"Red Lion Crimson Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character","description":"\nThe Crimson 3.2 Windows-based configuration tool allows users with administrative access to define new passwords for users and to download the resulting security configuration to a device. If such a password contains the percent (%) character, invalid values will be included, potentially truncating the string if a NUL is encountered. If the simplified password is not detected by the administrator, the device might be left in a vulnerable state as a result of more-easily compromised credentials. Note that passwords entered via the Crimson system web server do not suffer from this vulnerability.\n\n","status":"published","published":"2023-11-06T19:33:20.369Z","modified":"2025-01-16T21:26:43.011Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-158"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:17.149492Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-58006","description":"\nThe Crimson 3.2 Windows-based configuration tool allows users with administrative access to define new passwords for users and to download the resulting security configuration to a device. 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If the simplified password is not detected by the administrator, the device might be left in a vulnerable state as a result of more-easily compromised credentials. Note that passwords entered via the Crimson system web server do not suffer from this vulnerability.\n\n","status":"published","published":"2023-11-06T21:31:08Z","modified":"2023-11-06T21:31:16Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-158"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:54:52.133061Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-5719","description":"\nThe Crimson 3.2 Windows-based configuration tool allows users with administrative access to define new passwords for users and to download the resulting security configuration to a device. If such a password contains the percent (%) character, invalid values will be included, potentially truncating the string if a NUL is encountered. 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