{"id":"GHSA-6mjg-37cp-42x5","summary":"Improper Privilege Management in sap-xssec","details":"### Impact\n\nSAP BTP Security Services Integration Library ([Python] sap-xssec) allows under certain conditions an escalation of privileges. On successful exploitation, an unauthenticated attacker can obtain arbitrary permissions within the application.\n\n### Patches\nUpgrade to patched version \u003e= 4.1.0\nWe always recommend to upgrade to the latest released version.\n\n### Workarounds\nNo workarounds\n\n### References\nhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50423\n","aliases":["CVE-2023-50423","PYSEC-2023-261"],"modified":"2026-05-01T04:30:14.331323182Z","published":"2023-12-13T13:34:36Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed_at":"2023-12-13T13:34:36Z","nvd_published_at":null,"cwe_ids":["CWE-269"],"severity":"CRITICAL","github_reviewed":true},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/SAP/cloud-pysec/security/advisories/GHSA-6mjg-37cp-42x5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50423"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/SAP/cloud-pysec/commit/d90c9e0733fa9af68bd8ea0b1cf023cf482163ef"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://blogs.sap.com/2023/12/12/unveiling-critical-security-updates-sap-btp-security-note-3411067"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/SAP/cloud-pysec"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/sap-xssec/PYSEC-2023-261.yaml"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://me.sap.com/notes/3411067"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://pypi.org/project/sap-xssec"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"sap-xssec","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/sap-xssec"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.1.0"}]}],"versions":["1.1.8","2.0.1","2.0.10","2.0.11","2.0.12","2.0.2","2.0.3","2.0.4","2.0.5","2.0.6","2.0.7","2.0.8","2.0.9","2.1.0","3.0.0","3.1.0","3.2.0","3.3.0","4.0.0","4.0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/12/GHSA-6mjg-37cp-42x5/GHSA-6mjg-37cp-42x5.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}