CVE-2023-39726 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Mintty v3.6.4 and earlier, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted terminal commands. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mintty_project:mintty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.