{"id":37525,"date":"2025-05-12T16:22:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T16:22:45","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-05-30T17:05:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T23:05:17","slug":"cve-2023-49126-critical-vulnerability-in-solid-edge-se2023-allows-for-potential-system-compromise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-49126-critical-vulnerability-in-solid-edge-se2023-allows-for-potential-system-compromise\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2023-49126: Critical Vulnerability in Solid Edge SE2023 Allows for Potential System Compromise<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity landscape is a continually evolving battlefield, and a recent vulnerability discovered in Solid Edge SE2023 further illustrates this point. This vulnerability, classified as CVE-2023-49126, is of significant concern as it allows an attacker to read past the allocated structure in the affected application, resulting in the potential execution of malicious code. With an identified CVSS Severity Score of 7.8, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24977-critical-vulnerability-in-opencti-cyber-threat-intelligence-platform\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42977\">vulnerability poses a serious threat<\/a> to any systems running versions of Solid Edge prior to V223.0 Update 10.<br \/>\nThis vulnerability is particularly worrisome due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4050-heap-corruption-in-google-chrome-devtools-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43053\">potential consequences it can have on a system<\/a>, including system compromise and data leakage. As such, it is critical for organizations using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4116-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-netgear-jwnr2000v2-1-0-0-11\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42223\">Solid Edge SE2023<\/a> to recognize the severity of this vulnerability, understand its inner workings, and take immediate steps to mitigate its risks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2023-49126<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS Score 7.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: PAR file parsing<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4372-webaudio-heap-corruption-in-google-chrome-a-potential-gateway-to-system-compromise-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43765\">System compromise and data<\/a> leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2569510732\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-49122-critical-heap-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-solid-edge-se2023\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43376\">Solid Edge<\/a> SE2023 | All versions < V223.0 Update 10\n\n<strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability lies in the way <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-1304-unauthorized-file-upload-vulnerability-in-newsblogger-wordpress-theme\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42410\">Solid Edge SE2023<\/a> parses PAR files. An attacker can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24189-memory-corruption-vulnerability-due-to-maliciously-crafted-web-content-in-various-operating-systems\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51778\">craft a malicious<\/a> PAR file that, when parsed by the application, reads past the end of an allocated structure. This out of bounds read operation could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-36864-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-gtkwave-3-3-115-with-potential-for-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42474\">potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary code<\/a> within the context of the current process. In essence, this exploit can allow an attacker to take control of the system, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32974-critical-vulnerability-in-xwiki-s-rights-analysis-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42233\">leading to potential system<\/a> compromise and data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While a specific example of such a malicious PAR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39401-unrestricted-file-upload-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-in-mojoomla-wpams\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"52057\">file cannot be provided due to its complexity and potential<\/a> misuse, a conceptual analogy would be:<\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1753983522\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\"># Simulated example of a vulnerable code\ndef parse_file(file):\nallocated_structure = [None] * 10\nfor i in range(len(file)):\nallocated_structure[i] = file[i]  # Out of bounds read if file has more than 10 elements\n# A malicious file with more than 10 elements\nmalicious_file = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, &#039;malicious_code&#039;]\nparse_file(malicious_file)  # This will cause an out of bounds read and potentially execute &#039;malicious_code&#039;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the context of this vulnerability, &#8216;malicious_code&#8217; could contain instructions that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30165-potential-system-compromise-in-vllm-v0-engine\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43991\">compromise the system<\/a> or leak sensitive data. It is therefore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-56524-critical-firewall-bypass-vulnerability-in-radware-cloud-waf\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"45263\">critical to apply appropriate patches or use a Web Application Firewall<\/a> (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as a temporary mitigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity landscape is a continually evolving battlefield, and a recent vulnerability discovered in Solid Edge SE2023 further illustrates this point. This vulnerability, classified as CVE-2023-49126, is of significant concern as it allows an attacker to read past the allocated structure in the affected application, resulting in the potential execution of malicious code. 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