An issue was discovered in Wind River VxWorks 7 22.09 and 23.03.
Priority LOW 39CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Wind River VxWorks 7 22.09 and 23.03. If a VxWorks task or POSIX thread that uses OpenSSL exits, limited per-task memory is not freed, resulting in a memory leak.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00487 42nd 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
- Yes
- 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 · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:7:22.09:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7 22.09 | Vulnerable | Wind River |
| cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:7:23.03:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7 23.03 | Vulnerable | Wind River |
- cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:7:22.09:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7 22.09 Vulnerable ·Wind River
- cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:7:23.03:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7 23.03 Vulnerable ·Wind River
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-51787
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jwgq-m238-m247
References
More Wind River Vxworks vulnerabilities
- TI-2010-02837 The WDB target agent debug service in Wind River VxWorks 6.x, 5.x, and earlier, as used… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-09143 Wind River VxWorks has a Buffer Overflow in the TCP component (issue 1 of 4). CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-09145 Wind River VxWorks 6.6 through 6.9 has a Buffer Overflow in the DHCP client component. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-19737 An issue was discovered in Wind River VxWorks 6.9 and 7. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-09144 Wind River VxWorks 6.9 and vx7 has a Buffer Overflow in the IPv4 component. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-09148 Wind River VxWorks 6.9 and vx7 has a Buffer Overflow in the TCP component (issue 2 of 4). CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-51787 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-51787 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jwgq-m238-m247 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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