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CVE-2023-42374

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-42374 is a critical arbitrary code execution and denial-of-service vulnerability affecting mystenlabs Sui Blockchain versions prior to v1.6.3. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and disrupt services by sending a crafted compressed script to a Sui node. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the high severity warrants immediate patching.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mystenlabs:sui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0134 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

beosin.com / resources/%22memory-bomb%22-vulnerability-causes-sui-node-to-crash
Third Party Advisory
github.com / MystenLabs/sui/commit/42d4ad103a21d23fecd7c0271453da41604e71e9
Patch
medium.com / %40Beosin_com/memory-bomb-vulnerability-causes-sui-node-to-crash-7e8e3ef5057c
Broken Link