CVE-2023-41264Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Unauthenticated privilege escalation via empty-secret hash validation

Published Nov 28, 2023 · Updated Jun 5, 2025

Authentication bypass in Netwrix Identity Manager before 6.0.215 allows remote attackers to obtain Administrator privileges. TryValidateOldAuth hashes missing client ID and secret settings as empty strings and accepts their known SHA-512 digests in the legacy header. Only misconfigured on-premises deployments with both settings absent or empty are exposed, enabling configuration export and import.

CVSS severity9.8
Critical
EPSS probability1.04%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Authentication bypass in Netwrix Identity Manager before 6.0.215 allows remote attackers to obtain Administrator privileges. TryValidateOldAuth hashes missing client ID and secret settings as empty strings and accepts their known SHA-512 digests in the legacy header. Only misconfigured on-premises deployments with both settings absent or empty are exposed, enabling configuration export and import.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-41264
Published
Nov 28, 2023
Updated
Jun 5, 2025
Vendor
Netwrix
Product
Netwrix Identity Manager
Classifications
CWE-287, T1190
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 28, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jun 5, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=6.0.215

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Netwrix · Netwrix Identity Managerversion=6.0.215

Published CVSS scores

9.8CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-287Improper Authentication
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application

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