CVE-2023-36669 — Missing Authentication for a Critical Function within the Kratos NGC Indoor Unit

Missing Authentication for a Critical Function within the Kratos NGC Indoor Unit (IDU) before 11.4 allows remote attackers to obtain arbitrary control of the IDU/ODU system. Any attacker with layer-3 network access to the IDU can impersonate the Touch Panel Unit (TPU) within the

01What is this vulnerability?

Missing Authentication for a Critical Function within the Kratos NGC Indoor Unit (IDU) before 11.4 allows remote attackers to obtain arbitrary control of the IDU/ODU system. Any attacker with layer-3 network access to the IDU can impersonate the Touch Panel Unit (TPU) within the IDU by sending crafted TCP requests to the IDU.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

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: 2023-07-18T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-28T18:19:59.904Z

09References

• kratosdefense.com — https://kratosdefense.com
• www.kratosdefense.com — https://www.kratosdefense.com/vulnerability-advisories/cve-2023-36669