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CVE-2023-40826

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-40826 describes a path traversal vulnerability in pf4j versions 3.9.0 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to access sensitive information and execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely without authentication or user interaction, posing a significant risk of data compromise and system control. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pf4j_project:pf4j:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0114 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-3r28-rgp9-qgv4high

pf4j vulnerable to remote code execution via the zippluginPath parameter

Aug 29, 2023

References

github.com / pf4j/pf4j/issues/536
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory