# Digi RealPort Protocol Use of Password Hash Instead of Password for Authentication

CVE record · `CVE-2023-4299`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2023-4299`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 9.0 Critical
- **Critical:** Yes: CVSS 9+
- **CNA:** icscert
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-836](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/836.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-836](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-836.md)
- **Technologies:** [Digi International Digi RealPort](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/digi-international-digi-realport.md) · [Digi International Digi ConnectPort TS 8/16](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/digi-international-digi-connectport-ts-8-16.md) · [Digi International Digi Passport Console Server](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/digi-international-digi-passport-console-server.md) · [Digi International Digi ConnectPort LTS 8/16/32](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/digi-international-digi-connectport-lts-8-16-32.md) · [Digi International Digi CM Console Server](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/digi-international-digi-cm-console-server.md) · [Digi International Digi PortServer TS](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/digi-international-digi-portserver-ts.md) · [Digi International Digi PortServer TS MEI](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/digi-international-digi-portserver-ts-mei.md) · [Digi International Digi PortServer TS MEI Hardened](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/digi-international-digi-portserver-ts-mei-hardened.md) · [Digi International Digi PortServer TS M MEI](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/digi-international-digi-portserver-ts-m-mei.md) · [Digi International Digi PortServer TS P MEI](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/digi-international-digi-portserver-ts-p-mei.md) · [Digi International Digi One IAP Family](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/digi-international-digi-one-iap-family.md) · [Digi International Digi One IA](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/digi-international-digi-one-ia.md) · [Digi International Digi One SP IA](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/digi-international-digi-one-sp-ia.md) · [Digi International Digi One SP](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/digi-international-digi-one-sp.md) · [Digi International Digi WR31](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/digi-international-digi-wr31.md) · [Digi International Digi WR11 XT](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/digi-international-digi-wr11-xt.md) · [Digi International Digi WR44 R](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/digi-international-digi-wr44-r.md) · [Digi International Digi WR21](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/digi-international-digi-wr21.md) · [Digi International Digi Connect ES](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/digi-international-digi-connect-es.md) · [Digi International Digi Connect SP](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/digi-international-digi-connect-sp.md)
- **Published:** 31 Aug 2023
- **Updated:** 16 Jan 2025
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: icscert) at 31 Aug 2023, 20:45 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- CVSS score 9.0: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi RealPort.
  - affected: `4.8.488.0 and earlier` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi RealPort.
  - affected: `1.9-40 and earlier` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi ConnectPort TS 8/16.
  - affected: `before 2.26.2.4` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi Passport Console Server.
  - affected: `all versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi ConnectPort LTS 8/16/32.
  - affected: `before 1.4.9` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi CM Console Server.
  - affected: `all versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi PortServer TS.
  - affected: `all versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi PortServer TS MEI.
  - affected: `all versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi PortServer TS MEI Hardened.
  - affected: `all versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi PortServer TS M MEI.
  - affected: `all versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi PortServer TS P MEI.
  - affected: `all versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi One IAP Family.
  - affected: `all versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi One IA.
  - affected: `all versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi One SP IA.
  - affected: `all versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi One SP.
  - affected: `all versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi WR31.
  - affected: `all versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi WR11 XT.
  - affected: `all versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi WR44 R.
  - affected: `all versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi WR21.
  - affected: `all versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi Connect ES.
  - affected: `before 2.26.2.4` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi Connect SP.
  - affected: `all versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi 6350-SR.
  - unaffected: `all versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Digi International. Product: Digi ConnectCore 8X products.
  - unaffected: `all versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 9.0 Critical, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (icscert)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0068, the 52nd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 31 Aug 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2023-4299](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4299)
- [NVD: CVE-2023-4299](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4299)

### References from the CNA

- <https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-243-04>
- <https://www.digi.com/getattachment/resources/security/alerts/realport-cves/Dragos-Disclosure-Statement.pdf>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

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- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2023-4299>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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