CVE-2023-6631Subnet Solutions Inc. PowerSYSTEM Center Unquoted Search Path or Element
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.17%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 93% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
PowerSYSTEM Center versions 2020 Update 16 and prior contain a vulnerability that may allow an authorized local user to insert arbitrary code into the unquoted service path and escalate privileges.
Timeline
ID reserved
By icscert
- 31 days later
· 31 days later
Published
- 17 months later
· 17 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| icscertCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.17% · top 93% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
Subnet Solutions Inc. · PowerSYSTEM Center
- affected 2020 v5.0.x – ≤ 5.16.x
What to do
Solution: Subnet Solutions recommends users upgrade to PowerSYSTEM Center versions 2020 Update 17 or later. To obtain this software, contact Subnet Solution's Customer Service https://subnet.com/contact/ .
Workaround: Additionally, Subnet Solutions recommends users apply Application Allowlisting on PowerSYSTEM Center Device Communication Server (DCS) hosts to ensure only trusted executables are able to be run. If unable to apply PowerSYSTEM Center 2020 Update 17, Subnet Solutions recommends users mitigate risk by logging in to the DCS as administrator, opening the Registry Editor, navigating to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services, locating all pscagent.* entries, and modifying the ImagePath key by enclosing it within double quotes ("). Restart computer when complete.
References
References2
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-58854 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2023-6631)Record last updated .