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CVE-2023-43621

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-43621 describes a local information disclosure vulnerability in Croc versions up to 9.6.5, where the shared secret is exposed on the command line. This allows local users with process listing privileges to read sensitive information. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 4.7), the vulnerability requires high attack complexity and low privileges, impacting confidentiality without affecting integrity or availability. There is currently 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
<= 9.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:schollz:croc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0029 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 1,297 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/schollz/croc/v9Fixed in: 9.6.16

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-7g3v-4ggr-xvjfmedium

Croc may expose secret to local users

Sep 20, 2023

References

github.com / schollz/croc/issues/598
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/09/08/2
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/09/21/5
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