CVE-2023-22581 — White Rabbit Switch contains a vulnerability which makes it possible for an atta

White Rabbit Switch contains a vulnerability which makes it possible for an attacker to perform system commands under the context of the web application (the default installation makes the webserver run as the root user).

01What is this vulnerability?

White Rabbit Switch contains a vulnerability which makes it possible for an attacker to perform system commands under the context of the web application (the default installation makes the webserver run as the root user).

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
CERN	White Rabbit Switch	< v6.0.1

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-04-24T08:14:53.037Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-11T13:39:11.794Z

09References

• csirt.divd.nl — https://csirt.divd.nl/CVE-2023-22581/
• csirt.divd.nl — https://csirt.divd.nl/DIVD-2022-00068/