CVE-2023-5936: high-severity vulnerability in Nozomi Networks Arc
Unsafe temporary data privileges on Unix systems in Arc before v1.6.0
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.3epss 0.1%
On Unix systems (Linux, MacOS), Arc uses a temporary file with unsafe privileges.
By tampering with such file, a malicious local user in the system may be able to trigger arbitrary code execution with root privileges.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Affected products
Nozomi Networks · ArcRelated CVEs — Nozomi Networks Arc
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2023-5938HIGHPath traversal via 'zip slip' in Arc before v1.6.0EPSS 0.7%CVE-2026-33389MEDIUMDisabled and non-configurable certificate/host key validation in Smart Polling in Guardian/CMC before 26.3.0 and Arc before v2.7.0EPSS 0.2%CVE-2026-33922MEDIUMPath traversal in the Offline archives functionality of the local web interface in Arc before v2.7.0EPSS 0.2%CVE-2023-5935HIGHMissing authentication for local web interface in Arc before v1.6.0EPSS 0.2%CVE-2023-5937MEDIUMSensitive data exfiltration via unsafe permissions on Windows systems in Arc before v1.6.0EPSS 0.1%CVE-2026-33921MEDIUMNpcap driver installed without administrator-only access restriction on Windows in Arc before v2.7.0EPSS 0.1%