CVE-2023-34994 — An improper resource allocation vulnerability exists in the OAS Engine configura

An improper resource allocation vulnerability exists in the OAS Engine configuration management functionality of Open Automation Software OAS Platform v18.00.0072. A specially crafted series of network requests can lead to creation of an arbitrary directory. An attacker can send

01What is this vulnerability?

An improper resource allocation vulnerability exists in the OAS Engine configuration management functionality of Open Automation Software OAS Platform v18.00.0072. A specially crafted series of network requests can lead to creation of an arbitrary directory. An attacker can send a sequence of requests to trigger this vulnerability.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Open Automation Software	OAS Platform	v18.00.0072

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: 2023-09-05T16:15:03.744Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-13T16:55:42.331Z

09References

• talosintelligence.com — https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1773
• www.talosintelligence.com — https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1773