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CVE-2023-38688

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-38688 affects twitch-tui versions prior to 2.4.1, where the terminal-based Twitch chat client fails to use TLS for communication with Twitch IRC servers, leaving all data unencrypted. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to high confidentiality impact, specifically the sniffing of authentication tokens. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xithrius:twitch-tui:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 14th 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 (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
rustpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: twitch-tuiFixed in: 2.4.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

rustGHSA-779w-xvpm-78jxhigh

twitch-tui's connection is not encrypted

Jul 31, 2023

References

github.com / Xithrius/twitch-tui/blob/340afc3c8c07a83289fe6ef614aa7563c8b70756/src/twitch/connection.rs
Product
github.com / Xithrius/twitch-tui/commit/74d13ddca35f8f0816f4933c229da1fd95c0350a
Patch
github.com / Xithrius/twitch-tui/security/advisories/GHSA-779w-xvpm-78jx
Vendor Advisory