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CVE-2023-2968

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-2968 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the proxy_project proxy. A remote attacker can trigger a TypeError exception by sending a specially crafted HTTP request, exploiting an undefined variable in the socket.remoteAddress. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:proxy_project:proxy:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:proxy_project:proxy:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0148 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: proxyFixed in: 2.1.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-mj6p-3pc9-wf5mhigh

proxy denial of service vulnerability

May 30, 2023

References

research.jfrog.com / vulnerabilities/undefined-variable-usage-in-proxy-leads-to-remote-denial-of-service-xray-520917
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