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CVE-2023-53947: oscinventory OCS Inventory NG · Unquoted Search Path or Element

Affects oscinventory OCS Inventory NGSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.5 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 4% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 19 Dec 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
oscinventory OCS Inventory NGAffected
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Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2023-53947 effectively, European organizations should: 1) Immediately audit all OCS Inventory NG installations to identify affected versions, focusing on version 2.3.0.0. 2) Verify and correct the service executable path in Windows services to ensure it is properly quoted, preventing the unquoted path vulnerability. This can be done by inspecting the service configuration via 'sc qc' or registry keys and updating the path with quotes. 3) Restrict local user permissions to prevent unauthorized file creation in directories included in the service path. 4) Implement application whitelisting and endpoint detection to monitor and block unauthorized executables from running with elevated privileges. 5) Apply vendor patches or updates as soon as they become available. 6) Educate local users about the risks of privilege escalation and enforce least privilege principles to limit local access. 7) Regularly monitor system and service logs for unusual service restarts or execution of unexpected binaries. 8) Consider isolating OCS Inventory NG servers and limiting access to trusted administrators only. These steps go beyond generic advice by focusing on the specific nature of the unquoted service path vulnerability and the operational context of OCS Inventory NG.

Description

OCS Inventory NG 2.3.0.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to escalate privileges to system level. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the unquoted service path and trigger the service restart to execute code with elevated system privileges.

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