Is CVE-2023-2989 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-2989 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-2989?

CVE-2023-2989 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-2989?

CVE-2023-2989 has an EPSS score of 0.97% (58th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-2989?

Upgrade eft server to 8.1.0.16 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-2989

CRITICAL

9.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Fortra Globalscape EFT versions before 8.1.0.16 suffer from an out of bounds memory read in their administration server, which can allow an attacker to crash the service or bypass authentication if successfully exploited

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

eft serverNVD

Affected:< 8.1.0.16Fixed in:8.1.0.16CVE-2023-2989derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.97%probability of exploitation in 30 days

58thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 58% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

rapid7.com

Vendor Advisory1

kb.globalscape.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.