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CVE-2023-26154

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-26154 describes an Insufficient Entropy vulnerability in various PubNub SDKs (including C-Core, Kotlin, Go, Swift, and JavaScript) affecting versions prior to specified updates. This flaw stems from an inefficient implementation of the AES-256-CBC cryptographic algorithm, where the getKey function and subsequent hex encoding and trimming lead to half of the encryption key bits being constant. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with high complexity (AC:H) that could lead to high confidentiality impact (C:H) if exploited. While exploitation requires significant attacker resources for brute-forcing, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pubnub:c-core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 7.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pubnub:kotlin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 0.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pubnub:pubnub:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*
< 7.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pubnub:pubnub:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
>= 3.6.4, < 4.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pubnub:pubnub:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0095 is in the 16th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (14)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pubnub/pubnubFixed in: 6.1.0
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/pubnub/goFixed in: 0.0.0-20231016150651-428517fef5b9
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/pubnub/go/v7Fixed in: 7.2.0
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/pubnub/go/v5Fixed in: 5.0.4-0.20231016150651-428517fef5b9
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/pubnub/go/v6Fixed in: 6.1.1-0.20231016150651-428517fef5b9
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.pubnub:pubnub-kotlinFixed in: 7.7.0
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pubnubFixed in: 7.4.0
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: PubnubFixed in: 6.19.0
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pubnubFixed in: 7.3.0
pubpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pubnubFixed in: 4.3.0
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pubnubFixed in: 5.3.0
rustpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pubnubFixed in: 0.4.0
swiftpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/pubnub/swiftFixed in: 6.2.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-5844-q3fc-56rhmedium

pubnub Insufficient Entropy vulnerability

Dec 6, 2023

References

gist.github.com / vargad/20237094fce7a0a28f0723d7ce395bb0
ExploitIssue Tracking
github.com / pubnub/javascript/blob/master/src/crypto/modules/web.js%23L70
Broken Link
github.com / pubnub/javascript/commit/fb6cd0417cbb4ba87ea2d5d86a9c94774447e119
Patch
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-COCOAPODS-PUBNUB-6098384
Third Party Advisory
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-DOTNET-PUBNUB-6098372
Third Party Advisory
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMPUBNUBGO-6098373
Third Party Advisory
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMPUBNUBGOV7-6098374
Third Party Advisory
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JAVA-COMPUBNUB-6098371
Third Party Advisory
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JAVA-COMPUBNUB-6098380
Third Party Advisory
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-PUBNUB-5840690
Third Party Advisory
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-PHP-PUBNUBPUBNUB-6098376
Third Party Advisory
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-PUB-PUBNUB-6098385
Third Party Advisory
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PUBNUB-6098375
Third Party Advisory
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-RUBY-PUBNUB-6098377
Third Party Advisory
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-RUST-PUBNUB-6098378
Third Party Advisory
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-SWIFT-PUBNUBSWIFT-6098381
Third Party Advisory
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-UNMANAGED-PUBNUBCCORE-6098379
Third Party Advisory