CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2023-36669 — Kratosdefense Ngc Indoor Unit Firmware security vulnerability

Critical CVSS 9.8

Missing Authentication for a Critical Function within the Kratos NGC Indoor Unit (IDU) before 11.4 allows remote attackers to obtain arbitrary control of the IDU/ODU system. Any attacker with layer-3 network access to the IDU can impersonate the Touch Panel Unit (TPU) within the IDU by sending crafted TCP requests to the IDU.

Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.8 (3.1)
Published
2023-07-18
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-306

Affected products

  • kratosdefense / ngc_indoor_unit_firmware

Matched remediation archetype

Authentication bypass and missing authentication

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Check exposure

  • Map every affected endpoint and protocol path, including alternate ports, legacy routes, recovery flows, service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
  • Confirm which deployments enable the affected authentication mode and whether the interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
  • Review session, token, credential, and proxy trust configuration without attempting account takeover.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the supported fix and centralize fail-closed authentication before protected request handling.
  • Remove default or embedded credentials, rotate affected secrets and sessions, and bind authentication decisions to the intended audience and channel.
  • Add negative tests for alternate routes, malformed or absent credentials, recovery flows, and proxy-derived identity.

Authoritative sources

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