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CVE-2023-32700

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-32700 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting LuaTeX (versions before 1.17.0), TeX Live (before 2023 r66984), and MiKTeX (before 23.5). It allows arbitrary shell command execution when compiling untrusted TeX files due to improper handling of io.popen. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.04, < 1.16.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:luatex_project:luatex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.9.6300, < 23.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:miktex:miktex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2017, < 2023CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0080 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (14)

denopatch availablevia llm_extracted
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keraspatch availablevia llm_extracted
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: texlive-7:20180414-15.el8_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update ServiceFixed in: texlive-7:20180414-15.el8_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: texlive-7:20180414-15.el8_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportFixed in: texlive-7:20180414-21.el8_4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update ServiceFixed in: texlive-7:20180414-21.el8_4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: texlive-7:20180414-29.el8_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: texlive-7:20180414-26.el8_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: texlive-9:20200406-26.el9_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportFixed in: texlive-9:20200406-26.el9_0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: texlive-7:20180414-21.el8_4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: texlive-7:20180414-15.el8_1
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: texlive

Vendor Advisories (5)

denollm-deno-b67a3af2ce0be075CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.0 SP 9 Security Updates

Jun 17, 2024
kerasllm-keras-7d8c31fee70361dcCRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.0 SP 9 Security Updates

Jun 17, 2024
denollm-deno-650ac71876afb4f8CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP 2 Security Updates

Apr 12, 2024
kerasllm-keras-d13bbd8768a57997CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP 2 Security Updates

Apr 12, 2024
redhatCVE-2023-32700Important

texlive: arbitrary code execution allows document complied with older version

May 20, 2023

References

github.com / TeX-Live/texlive-source/releases/tag/build-svn66984
Release Notes
gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr / texlive/luatex/-/tags/1.17.0
Release Notes
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RLY43MIRONJSJVNBDFQHQ26MP3JIOB3H
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TF6YXUUFRGBIXIIIEV5SGBJXXT2SMUK5
tug.org / ~mseven/luatex.html
PatchVendor Advisory
tug.org / pipermail/tex-live/2023-May/049188.html
Release Notes