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CVE-2023-40570

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-40570 affects Datasette 1.0 alpha versions (1.0a0-1.0a3) when authentication is enabled and the instance is publicly accessible. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated users to discover database and table names, but not their contents, via the /-/api API explorer endpoint. This is a medium severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) with a low impact on confidentiality, as it only reveals metadata. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:datasette:datasette:1.0:alpha0:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:datasette:datasette:1.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:datasette:datasette:1.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:datasette:datasette:1.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 24th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: datasetteFixed in: 1.0a4

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-7ch3-7pp7-7cpqmedium

Datasette 1.0 alpha series leaks names of databases and tables to unauthenticated users

Aug 22, 2023

References

github.com / simonw/datasette/commit/01e0558825b8f7ec17d3b691aa072daf122fcc74
Patch
github.com / simonw/datasette/security/advisories/GHSA-7ch3-7pp7-7cpq
MitigationVendor Advisory