CVE-2023-46388: LOYTEC electronics GmbH LINX-212 and LINX-151 devices (all versions) are vulnerable to Insecure Permissions via dpal_config.zml file.
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.5% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 74.6% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
LOYTEC electronics GmbH LINX-212 and LINX-151 devices (all versions) are vulnerable to Insecure Permissions via dpal_config.zml file. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose smtp client account credentials and bypass email authentication.
- Published
- Nov 30, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.5% · 74th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-312
Report tools
Action score
30
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.5%
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- No fixed version yet
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| loytec | linx-212 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:loytec:linx-212_firmware |
| loytec | linx-212 | cpe:2.3:h:loytec:linx-212 |
| loytec | linx-151 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:loytec:linx-151_firmware |
| loytec | linx-151 | cpe:2.3:h:loytec:linx-151 |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- loytec linx-151 firmware7.2.4
- loytec linx-212 firmware6.2.4
Same product
loytec: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2023-46381LOYTEC LINX-151, LINX-212, LVIS-3ME12-A1, LIOB-586, LIOB-580 V2, LIOB-588, L-INX Configurator devices (all versions) lack authentication for34Monitor
- CVE-2023-46389LOYTEC electronics GmbH LINX-212 and LINX-151 devices (all versions) are vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control via registry.xml file.31Monitor
- CVE-2023-46387LOYTEC electronics GmbH LINX-212 and LINX-151 devices (all versions) are vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control via dpal_config.zml file.31Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2023-46380Nov 4, 2023 · LOYTEC LINX-151, LINX-212, LVIS-3ME12-A1, LIOB-586, LIOB-580 V2, LIOB-588, L-INX Configurator devices (all versions) send password-change re31Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2023-46382Nov 4, 2023 · LOYTEC LINX-151, LINX-212, LVIS-3ME12-A1, LIOB-586, LIOB-580 V2, LIOB-588, L-INX Configurator devices (all versions) use cleartext HTTP for 31Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2023-46386Nov 30, 2023 · LOYTEC electronics GmbH LINX-212 and LINX-151 devices (all versions) are vulnerable to Insecure Permissions via registry.xml file.30Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2023-463860 days apartLOYTEC electronics GmbH LINX-212 and LINX-151 devices (all versions) are vulnerable to Insecure Permissions via registry.xml file.30Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-23-0679 · Dec 6, 2023(Loytec Güvenlik Zafiyeti)
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-312 · Cleartext Storage of Sensitive InformationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.