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CVE-2023-44438

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-44438 is an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability affecting Ashlar-Vellum Argon, allowing remote attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) requires user interaction, typically by visiting a malicious page or opening a malicious file, to exploit a flaw in file parsing that loads libraries from unsecured locations. While the potential impact is significant, leading to full compromise of the affected system, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or notable community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.0.1204.68CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ashlar:argon:12.0.1204.68:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0083 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-23-1596
Third Party Advisory