CVE-2023-40289

HIGH

Supermicro X11SSM-F, X11SAE-F, and X11SSE-F 1.66 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Command Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2023-40289. PoCs published by s-hamann.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a functional Python exploit for CVE-2023-40289, a command injection vulnerability in ATEN's BMC firmware. The exploit leverages a misconfigured alert configuration mechanism to achieve remote code execution by storing and triggering malicious payloads.

Description

A command injection issue was discovered on Supermicro X11SSM-F, X11SAE-F, and X11SSE-F 1.66 devices. An attacker can exploit this to elevate privileges from a user with BMC administrative privileges.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC
by s-hamann · poc
https://github.com/s-hamann/CVE-2023-40289

This repository contains a functional Python exploit for CVE-2023-40289, a command injection vulnerability in ATEN's BMC firmware. The exploit leverages a misconfigured alert configuration mechanism to achieve remote code execution by storing and triggering malicious payloads.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: ATEN BMC firmware
Auth required
Prerequisites: Valid administrative credentials or session ID · Network access to the target BMC
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2
EPSS 0.1777
EPSS Percentile 96.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (3)
supermicro/x11sae-f_firmware 1.66
supermicro/x11sse-f_firmware 1.66
supermicro/x11ssm-f_firmware 1.66
Published Mar 27, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026