CVE-2023-37679 (GCVE-0-2023-37679)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-03 00:00 – Updated: 2026-07-09 00:26
VLAI Previdian
Summary
A remote command execution (RCE) vulnerability in NextGen Mirth Connect v4.3.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the hosting server.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 9f29df9d-d789-4ed0-847e-0d634d806da3

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2023-37679

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2025-04-23 02:00 CEST

Exploited: Yes

Timestamps
First Seen: 2025-04-23
Asserted: 2025-04-23
Scope
Notes: A remote command execution (RCE) vulnerability in NextGen Mirth Connect v4.3.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the hosting server. | Affected: NextGen Healthcare / Mirth Connect | CVSS: 9.8 (CRITICAL) | EPSS: 0.99434 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: True
Evidence

Type: Public Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 70%

Source: previdian

Details
Feed Previdian (previdian.com)
Title A remote command execution (RCE) vulnerability in NextGen Mirth Connect v4.3.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the hosting server.
Cve Id CVE-2023-37679
Vendor NextGen Healthcare
Ghsa Id None
Product Mirth Connect
Added Date 2025-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
Cvss Score 9.8
Epss Score 0.99434
Previous Ids
Cvss Severity CRITICAL
Virtual Patch False
Cvss Estimated False
Epss Percentile 0.99942
Used In Malware unknown
Vulnerability Id CVE-2023-37679
Ahead Of Cisa Kev None
Not Yet In Cisa Kev True
References
Created: 2026-10-02 09:10 CEST | Updated: 2026-10-02 09:10 CEST
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2026-07-09T00:26:52.650Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://www.ihteam.net/advisory/mirth-connect"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176920/Mirth-Connect-4.4.0-Remote-Command-Execution.html"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "A remote command execution (RCE) vulnerability in NextGen Mirth Connect v4.3.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the hosting server."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2026-07-05T16:01:39.572Z",
        "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
        "shortName": "mitre"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.ihteam.net/advisory/mirth-connect"
        },
        {
          "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176920/Mirth-Connect-4.4.0-Remote-Command-Execution.html"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2023-37679",
    "datePublished": "2023-08-03T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2023-07-10T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-07-09T00:26:52.650Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.2",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "epss": {
      "cve": "CVE-2023-37679",
      "date": "2026-10-04",
      "epss": "0.99434",
      "percentile": "0.99942"
    },
    "nvd": {
      "cve": {
        "affected": [
          {
            "affectedData": [
              {
                "product": "n/a",
                "vendor": "n/a",
                "versions": [
                  {
                    "status": "affected",
                    "version": "n/a"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ],
            "source": "cve@mitre.org"
          }
        ],
        "configurations": [
          {
            "nodes": [
              {
                "cpeMatch": [
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:nextgen:mirth_connect:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "6CE651ED-60AA-44A3-B9CC-3A6A62062591",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  }
                ],
                "negate": false,
                "operator": "OR"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "cveTags": [],
        "descriptions": [
          {
            "lang": "en",
            "value": "A remote command execution (RCE) vulnerability in NextGen Mirth Connect v4.3.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the hosting server."
          },
          {
            "lang": "es",
            "value": "Una vulnerabilidad de ejecuci\u00f3n remota de comandos (RCE) en NextGen Mirth Connect v4.3.0 permite a los atacantes ejecutar comandos arbitrarios en el servidor de alojamiento. "
          }
        ],
        "id": "CVE-2023-37679",
        "lastModified": "2026-07-09T01:18:30.573",
        "metrics": {
          "cvssMetricV31": [
            {
              "cvssData": {
                "attackComplexity": "LOW",
                "attackVector": "NETWORK",
                "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
                "baseScore": 9.8,
                "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
                "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
                "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
                "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
                "scope": "UNCHANGED",
                "userInteraction": "NONE",
                "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                "version": "3.1"
              },
              "exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
              "impactScore": 5.9,
              "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
              "type": "Primary"
            }
          ]
        },
        "published": "2023-08-03T03:15:10.697",
        "references": [
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176920/Mirth-Connect-4.4.0-Remote-Command-Execution.html"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "tags": [
              "Exploit",
              "Third Party Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "https://www.ihteam.net/advisory/mirth-connect"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176920/Mirth-Connect-4.4.0-Remote-Command-Execution.html"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "tags": [
              "Exploit",
              "Third Party Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "https://www.ihteam.net/advisory/mirth-connect"
          }
        ],
        "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
        "vulnStatus": "Modified",
        "weaknesses": [
          {
            "description": [
              {
                "lang": "en",
                "value": "CWE-77"
              }
            ],
            "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
            "type": "Primary"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}



Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.





Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.