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CVE-2023-38976

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-38976 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Weaviate version 1.20.0, specifically within the handleUnbatchedGraphQLRequest function. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating that an unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit it with low complexity to cause a complete denial of service. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.20.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:weaviate:weaviate:1.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0170 is in the 57th 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 (4)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/weaviate/weaviateFixed in: 1.20.6
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/weaviate/weaviateFixed in: 1.19.13
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/weaviate/weaviateFixed in: 1.18.6
github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-8697-479h-5mfphigh

Weaviate denial of service vulnerability

Aug 22, 2023

References

aisec.today / Weaviate-26981c6c5f794077bd51d24c88cebf7a
github.com / weaviate/weaviate/issues/3258
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory