CVE-2023-43631 — On boot, the Pillar eve container checks for the existence and content of “/conf

On boot, the Pillar eve container checks for the existence and content of “/config/authorized_keys”.

01What is this vulnerability?

On boot, the Pillar eve container checks for the existence and content of “/config/authorized_keys”.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
LF-Edge, Zededa	EVE OS	0, 9.0.0

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: 2023-09-21T13:17:00.528Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-24T17:41:19.204Z

09References

• asrg.io — https://asrg.io/security-advisories/cve-2023-43631/