Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2023-0661 is an improper access control issue in Devolutions Server. An authenticated user could access sensitive data they should not be allowed to view. The main business risk is unauthorized disclosure of secrets or operational information stored in the server.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate confidentiality risk. Prioritize review if Devolutions Server stores credentials, privileged connection data, or sensitive operational records, especially in environments with broad user access.
Technical view
The CVE is mapped to CWE-284 and scored CVSS 3.1 6.5. The vector indicates network access, low attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and high confidentiality impact with no integrity or availability impact stated.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most relevant for organizations running Devolutions Server with multiple authenticated users. The provided bundle does not clearly identify affected fixed versions beyond a version value of "0" and default status "unaffected," so version applicability needs vendor confirmation.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not cite active exploitation, and the CVE is not marked as CISA KEV. Exploitation requires an authenticated user, which lowers opportunistic risk but remains important where many users or third parties can access the server.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE record, CVE List data, and the vendor advisory reference. No exploit details, active exploitation claim, or precise fixed-version information are present in the supplied bundle.
Mitigation direction
- Review Devolutions advisory DEVO-2023-0002 for affected versions and remediation.
- Inventory Devolutions Server deployments and compare versions against vendor guidance.
- Prioritize remediation where low-privilege or external users can authenticate.
- Review user access rights for sensitive data stored in Devolutions Server.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether Devolutions Server is deployed in the environment.
- Identify installed versions and compare them with the vendor advisory.
- Check whether untrusted, contractor, or low-privilege users can authenticate.
- Review logs for unusual sensitive data access by authenticated users.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context
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CWE-284: Authorization and privilege behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N2.83.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://devolutions.net/security/advisories/DEVO-2023-0002CVE reference
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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Improper Access Control
Improper Access Control represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.