Remote Management SystemApplication · Teltonika

CVE-2023-32347

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-05-22
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 4.10.0 or later.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Teltonika’s Remote Management System versions prior to 4.10.0 use device serial numbers and MAC addresses to identify devices from the user perspective for device claiming and from the device perspective for authentication. If an attacker obtained the serial number and MAC address of a device, they could authenticate as that device and steal communication credentials of the device. This could allow an attacker to enable arbitrary command execution as root by utilizing management options within the newly registered devices.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Teltonika RMS versions prior to 4.10.0 authenticate devices using easily-obtainable identifiers (serial number and MAC address). Attackers who harvest these values from target devices can impersonate legitimate devices, steal communication credentials, and leverage management features to execute arbitrary root commands.

MitigationUpgrade Teltonika RMS to version 4.10.0 or later, and treat device serial numbers and MAC addresses as sensitive credentials requiring protection.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Remote Management SystemApplication
Affected:< 4.10.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify the Teltonika RMS version
    Log into the RMS admin interface and navigate to the system information or about page, or use the command-line interface if available to query the installed version.
    Affected if The displayed version number is lower than 4.10.0 (for example, 4.9.x, 4.8.x, etc.)
  2. Confirm the RMS is publicly accessible
    Determine if the RMS server or its device enrollment portal is reachable from external networks, such as by testing remote connectivity to the login URL.
    Affected if The RMS interface is exposed to the internet without adequate network segmentation or additional authentication barriers.
  3. Review device authentication configuration
    Examine the RMS device provisioning or enrollment settings to verify whether authentication relies on serial numbers and MAC addresses as primary device identifiers.
    Affected if The system uses device serial numbers or MAC addresses as the sole or primary method for authenticating and registering devices.
  4. Assess exposure of device identifiers
    Consider whether device serial numbers and MAC addresses could be harvested from publicly accessible device information, network traffic, or poorly secured device management interfaces.
    Affected if Device serial numbers and MAC addresses are transmitted in plain text, exposed in URLs, or accessible through unauthenticated device status pages.

You are affected if your Teltonika RMS version is below 4.10.0 and the system relies on easily-harvested serial numbers and MAC addresses for device authentication.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 4.10.0 or later
Fixed in 4.10.0
Interim mitigation

Upgrade Teltonika RMS to version 4.10.0 or later, and treat device serial numbers and MAC addresses as sensitive credentials requiring protection.

Recommended fix High confidence

4.10.0

  1. 1. Identify the current version of Teltonika Remote Management System installed
  2. 2. Create a full backup of the current system configuration and any device data
  3. 3. Download Teltonika Remote Management System version 4.10.0 or later from the official vendor source
  4. 4. Follow vendor documentation to upgrade the Remote Management System to version 4.10.0
  5. 5. After upgrade, verify the system is running version 4.10.0 or later
  6. 6. Review device authentication logs to ensure no unauthorized device claims occurred during the vulnerable period
  7. 7. Consider rotating device credentials and serial numbers if there is any suspicion of compromise

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Remote Management System Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
10.0 hours of engineering $1,750
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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