Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
YugabyteDB Anywhere’s high availability backup upload feature could let a highly privileged local attacker write files outside the intended backup location. That can affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the management platform. The source bundle does not identify a fixed version or vendor mitigation.
Executive priority
Treat as a moderate-priority management-plane risk. Prioritize inventory and vendor-guidance review, then remediate affected administrative deployments because compromise could affect critical database operations.
Technical view
CVE-2023-0745 is a CWE-23 path traversal flaw in YugabyteDB Anywhere High Availability backup upload handling, associated with PlatformReplicationManager.Java. The CVSS vector is local, low complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, with high CIA impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to organizations running YugabyteDB Anywhere versions 2.0.0.0 through 2.13.0.0, especially where highly privileged users can access High Availability backup upload functionality.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or any cited evidence of active exploitation. Exploitation requires high privileges and local attack context per CVSS, but successful abuse could write arbitrary files through path traversal.
Researcher notes
Public details are sparse. The record identifies path traversal in HA backup upload handling and affected versions, but does not provide a fixed version, patch reference, or exploitation evidence.
Mitigation direction
- Identify YugabyteDB Anywhere deployments and confirm whether versions fall within 2.0.0.0 through 2.13.0.0.
- Check Yugabyte vendor guidance for fixed versions or supported remediation before changing production systems.
- Restrict administrative and High Availability backup upload access to trusted operators only.
- Review privileged account access and remove unnecessary YugabyteDB Anywhere administrative permissions.
- Increase monitoring around backup upload activity until vendor-confirmed remediation is applied.
Validation and detection
- Confirm the deployed YugabyteDB Anywhere version from trusted inventory or platform records.
- Verify whether High Availability functionality and backup upload workflows are enabled.
- Review audit logs for unusual backup upload activity or path traversal indicators.
- Check file integrity around platform-managed directories for unexpected recent changes.
- Document whether compensating access controls restrict the vulnerable function to approved administrators.
Public sources used
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CWE-23: File access and web shell behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.7 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H0.85.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.7MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.yugabyte.com/CVE reference · issue-tracking
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