# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2023-1617"
idYear: 2023
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2023-04-14T11:48:53.396Z"
updatedAt: "2025-02-06T19:48:05.890Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:49.724Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-1617"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-1617.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1617"
title: "Improper Authentication Mechanism in B&R VC4 Visualization"
summary: "Improper Authentication vulnerability in B&R Industrial Automation B&R VC4 (VNC-Server modules).  This vulnerability may allow an unauthenticated network-based attacker to bypass the authentication mechanism of the VC4 visualization on affected devices. The impact of this vulnerability depends on the functionality provided in the visualization.\nThis issue affects B&R VC4: from 3.* through 3.96.7, from 4.0* through 4.06.7, from 4.1* through 4.16.3, from 4.2* through 4.26.8, from 4.3* through 4.34.6, from 4.4* through 4.45.1, from 4.5* through 4.45.3, from 4.7* through 4.72.9.\n\n"
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"3.*","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"3.96.7"},{"version":"4.0*","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"4.06.7"},{"version":"4.1*","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"4.16.3"},{"version":"4.2*","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"4.26.8"},{"version":"4.3*","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"4.34.6"},{"version":"4.4*","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"4.45.1"},{"version":"4.5*","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"4.45.3"},{"version":"4.7*","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"4.72.9"}],"vendor":"B&R Industrial Automation","product":"B&R VC4","defaultStatus":"unaffected"}]

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