Vulnerability in SYSGuard (CVE-2023-4669)
Summary
Vulnerability in SYSGuard (CVE-2023-4669). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
** UNSUPPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data vulnerability in Exagate SYSGuard 3001 allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects SYSGuard 3001: before 3.2.20.0.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-4669 has been found in SYSGuard.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 9.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "SYSGuard CVE-2023-4669" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2023-4669 (SYSGuard) — CWE-302 / CVSS v3 9.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-302) exists in SYSGuard.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of SYSGuard.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'SYSGuard' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'SYSGuard' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
SYSGuardを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory usom.gov.tr
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web iletisim@usom.gov.tr
- web github.com