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CVE-2023-22952 SugarCRM CVE debrief

CVE-2023-22952 affects multiple SugarCRM products and is cataloged by CISA as a Known Exploited Vulnerability. Treat it as a high-priority remediation item, especially for internet-facing or broadly reachable SugarCRM deployments. CISA’s KEV entry sets a remediation due date of 2023-02-23 and points to the vendor’s security guidance for updates.

Vendor
SugarCRM
Product
Multiple Products
CVSS
Unknown
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2023-02-02
Original CVE updated
2023-02-02
Advisory published
2023-02-02
Advisory updated
2023-02-02

Who should care

Organizations running SugarCRM products, especially security teams, application owners, administrators, and managed service providers responsible for patching or monitoring those environments.

Technical summary

The supplied source corpus identifies this issue as a remote code execution vulnerability affecting multiple SugarCRM products. The KEV record does not provide deeper exploit mechanics, affected versions, or technical preconditions here, so the safest interpretation is operational: vulnerable deployments should be treated as exposed to severe compromise risk until patched according to vendor guidance.

Defensive priority

Urgent. CISA has added CVE-2023-22952 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which is a strong signal to prioritize remediation quickly. The KEV due date in the supplied timeline is 2023-02-23.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Identify all SugarCRM deployments and confirm product versions in scope.
  • Apply the vendor’s security updates and follow SugarCRM’s remediation instructions.
  • Prioritize externally reachable or production SugarCRM instances first.
  • Validate that remediation completed successfully and document exceptions.
  • Review authentication, application, and system logs for suspicious activity around the exposure window.
  • If patching is delayed, reduce exposure by restricting access and increasing monitoring until updates are applied.

Evidence notes

This debrief is based on the supplied CISA KEV record and official vulnerability references. The KEV metadata names the issue as "Multiple SugarCRM Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability," marks it as known exploited, and lists a due date of 2023-02-23. The source notes point to SugarCRM security advisory https://support.sugarcrm.com/Resources/Security/sugarcrm-sa-2023-001/ and the NVD record https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22952. No additional exploit details were included in the provided corpus.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2023-22952 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-22952

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2023-22952 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22952

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

    cisa_kev

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.