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CVE-2023-45823

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-45823 is a critical directory traversal vulnerability affecting Artifact Hub versions prior to 1.16.0. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to read arbitrary internal files on the system by crafting a malicious Git repository containing symbolic links. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and no user interaction is required, posing a significant risk of sensitive information disclosure. There are no known workarounds. Currently, there is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.16.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:artifacthub:hub:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
46.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0063 is in the 23rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/artifacthub/hubFixed in: 1.16.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-hmq4-c2r4-5q8hhigh

Artifact Hub arbitrary file read vulnerability

Oct 19, 2023

References

artifacthub.io / packages/helm/artifact-hub/artifact-hub
Product
github.com / artifacthub/hub/security/advisories/GHSA-hmq4-c2r4-5q8h
Third Party Advisory