An issue was discovered on NOKIA Airscale ASIKA Single RAN devices before 21B.
Priority LOW 22CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An issue was discovered on NOKIA Airscale ASIKA Single RAN devices before 21B. If/when CSP (as a BTS administrator) removes security hardenings from a Nokia Single RAN BTS baseband unit, a directory path traversal in the Nokia BTS baseband unit diagnostic tool AaShell (which is by default disabled) provides access to the BTS baseband unit internal filesystem from the mobile network solution internal BTS management network.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00189 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 6
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:nokia:asika_airscale_firmware:19b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 19b | Vulnerable | Nokia |
| cpe:2.3:o:nokia:asika_airscale_firmware:20a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 20a | Vulnerable | Nokia |
| cpe:2.3:o:nokia:asika_airscale_firmware:20b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 20b | Vulnerable | Nokia |
| cpe:2.3:o:nokia:asika_airscale_firmware:20c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 20c | Vulnerable | Nokia |
| cpe:2.3:o:nokia:asika_airscale_firmware:21a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 21a | Vulnerable | Nokia |
| cpe:2.3:h:nokia:asika_airscale:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Nokia |
- cpe:2.3:o:nokia:asika_airscale_firmware:19b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 19b Vulnerable ·Nokia
- cpe:2.3:o:nokia:asika_airscale_firmware:20a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 20a Vulnerable ·Nokia
- cpe:2.3:o:nokia:asika_airscale_firmware:20b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 20b Vulnerable ·Nokia
- cpe:2.3:o:nokia:asika_airscale_firmware:20c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 20c Vulnerable ·Nokia
- cpe:2.3:o:nokia:asika_airscale_firmware:21a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 21a Vulnerable ·Nokia
- cpe:2.3:h:nokia:asika_airscale:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Nokia
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-25186
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-99xm-qqmx-v647
References
More Nokia Asika Airscale Firmware vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-10648 An issue was discovered on NOKIA Airscale ASIKA Single RAN devices before 21B. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
- TI-2023-10649 An issue was discovered on NOKIA Airscale ASIKA Single RAN devices before 21B. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2023-10646 An issue was discovered on NOKIA Airscale ASIKA Single RAN devices before 21B. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-25186 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-25186 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-99xm-qqmx-v647 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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