CVE-2023-0248
Kantech Gen1 ioSmart card reader
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- jci
Description
An attacker with physical access to the Kantech Gen1 ioSmart card reader with firmware version prior to 1.07.02 in certain circumstances can recover the reader's communication memory between the card and reader.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| jciCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
Sensormatic Electronics, a subsidiary of Johnson Controls, Inc. · ioSmart Gen1
- affected < 1.07.02
What to do
Solution: Update ioSmart Gen1 card reader to firmware version 1.07.02 or higher. Download the update here: https://www.kantech.com/Resources/GetDoc.aspx?p=1&id=58679 https://www.kantech.com/Resources/GetDoc.aspx Contact technical support for additional information. ioSmart Gen2 readers are not affected by this behavior. Contact your local sales representative for ordering information.
References (2)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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