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TI-2023-20233 Aliases CVE-2023-38994GHSA-79jx-q243-6wc7

The 'check_univention_joinstatus' prometheus monitoring script (and other scripts) in UCS…

Priority LOW 34CWE-668Published · Updated

Key facts

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

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

Summary

The 'check_univention_joinstatus' prometheus monitoring script (and other scripts) in UCS 5.0-5 revealed the LDAP plaintext password of the machine account in the process list allowing attackers with local ssh access to gain higher privileges and perform followup attacks. By default, the configuration of UCS does not allow local ssh access for regular users.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00303 23rd 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

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

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:o:univention:univention_corporate_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableUnivention
  • cpe:2.3:o:univention:univention_corporate_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Univention

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-38994
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-79jx-q243-6wc7

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2019-16054 Information disclosure in univention-directory-notifier CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

Sources

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