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CVE-2023-30844

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-30844 is a vulnerability in Mutagen and mutagen-compose versions prior to 0.16.6 and 0.17.1, respectively, where control characters in remote endpoint error messages or file paths/names can lead to terminal corruption when using the 'list' or 'monitor' commands. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), indicating a network attack vector with low complexity, and could result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the primary risk is terminal corruption, very old systems might theoretically be susceptible to code execution. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.16.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mutagen:mutagen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mutagen:mutagen:0.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 0.17.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mutagen:mutagen_compose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.0LOW

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0074 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (4)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/mutagen-io/mutagenFixed in: 0.16.6
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/mutagen-io/mutagen-composeFixed in: 0.17.1
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/mutagen-io/mutagenFixed in: 0.17.1
github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-jmp2-wc4p-wfh2low

Mutagen list and monitor operations do not neutralize control characters in text controlled by remote endpoints

May 5, 2023

References

github.com / mutagen-io/mutagen/releases/tag/v0.16.6
Release Notes
github.com / mutagen-io/mutagen/releases/tag/v0.17.1
Release Notes
github.com / mutagen-io/mutagen/security/advisories/GHSA-jmp2-wc4p-wfh2
Vendor Advisory