CVE-2023-28142

7.0 highEPSS 0.1%

High (7.0) in qualys cloud agent. EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A Race Condition exists in the Qualys Cloud Agent for Windows platform in versions from 3.1.3.34 and before 4.5.3.1. This allows attackers to escalate privileges limited on the local machine during uninstallation of the Qualys Cloud Agent for Windows. Attackers may gain SYSTEM level privileges on that asset to run arbitrary commands. At the time of this disclosure, versions before 4.0 are classified as End of Life.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.0 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 2% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-362
Published: 2023-04-18
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

qualys:cloud_agent

References

https://www.qualys.com/security-advisories/
https://www.qualys.com/security-advisories/

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