CVE-2023-54344 | Eclipse Equinox OSGi 3.7.2 and earlier contains a remote cod… | CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

Description

Eclipse Equinox OSGi 3.7.2 and earlier contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands by sending payloads to the console interface. Attackers can connect to the OSGi console port and send base64-encoded bash commands wrapped in fork directives to achieve code execution and establish reverse shell connections.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2023-54344
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 2026-01-10 01:51 UTC
Published: 2026-05-05 11:24 UTC
Last updated: 2026-05-05 14:12 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-306
Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Vendor / Product: equinox / [OSGi
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

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

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: PoC
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
equinox	[OSGi	—	<= 3.7.2

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-306	cna	Missing Authentication for Critical Function

CVSS scores (2)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.8	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.3	CRITICAL	4.0	cna	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References (2)

ExploitDB-51879 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51879
VulnCheck Advisory: Eclipse Equinox OSGi 3.7.2 Remote Code Execution via Console https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/eclipse-equinox-osgi-remote-code-execution-via-console