CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-25187
7.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-06-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-798
Description
An issue was discovered on NOKIA Airscale ASIKA Single RAN devices before 21B. Nokia Single RAN commissioning procedures do not change (factory-time installed) default SSH public/private key values that are specific to a network operator. As a result, the CSP internal BTS network SSH server (disabled by default) continues to apply the default SSH public/private key values. These keys don't give access to BTS, because service user authentication is username/password-based on top of SSH. Nokia factory installed default SSH keys are meant to be changed from operator-specific values during the BTS deployment commissioning phase. However, before the 21B release, BTS commissioning manuals did not provide instructions to change default SSH keys (to BTS operator-specific values). This leads to a possibility for malicious operations staff (inside a CSP network) to attempt MITM exploitation of BTS service user access, during the moments that SSH is enabled for Nokia service personnel to perform troubleshooting activities.
Affected configurations
• nokia asika airscale firmware 19b
• nokia asika airscale firmware 20a
• nokia asika airscale firmware 20b
• nokia asika airscale firmware 20c
• nokia asika airscale firmware 21a
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173055/Nokia-ASIKA-7.13.52-Private-Key-Disclosure.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://Nokia.com Product
- https://www.nokia.com/about-us/security-and-privacy/product-security-advisory/cve-2023-25187/ Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173055/Nokia-ASIKA-7.13.52-Private-Key-Disclosure.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://Nokia.com Product
- https://www.nokia.com/about-us/security-and-privacy/product-security-advisory/cve-2023-25187/ Vendor Advisory