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TI-2023-17091 Aliases CVE-2023-34257GHSA-hcjj-cw6r-35f8

An issue was discovered in BMC Patrol through 23.1.00.

Priority HIGH 82Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

An issue was discovered in BMC Patrol through 23.1.00. The agent's configuration can be remotely modified (and, by default, authentication is not required). Some configuration fields related to SNMP (e.g., masterAgentName or masterAgentStartLine) result in code execution when the agent is restarted. NOTE: the vendor's perspective is "These are not vulnerabilities for us as we have provided the option to implement the authentication."

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01036 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:bmc:patrol_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 23.1.00VulnerableBMC
  • cpe:2.3:a:bmc:patrol_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 23.1.00 Vulnerable ·BMC

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-34257
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hcjj-cw6r-35f8

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2020-18097 BMC PATROL Agent through 20.08.00 allows local privilege escalation via vectors involving pconfig +RESTART -host. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2008-05678 Format string vulnerability in BMC PATROL Agent before 3.7.30 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2019-05995 By default, BMC PATROL Agent through 11.3.01 uses a static encryption key for… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-1999-00751 BMC Patrol allows remote attackers to gain access to an agent by spoofing frames. CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-1999-00438 Patrol management software allows a remote attacker to conduct a replay attack to steal the administrator password. CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2018-14716 An issue was discovered in BMC PATROL Agent through 11.3.01. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
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Sources

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