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CVE-2023-46122

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-46122 is a path traversal vulnerability affecting sbt (Scala Build Tool) versions prior to 1.9.7, specifically within its IO.unzip function. This flaw allows an attacker to write arbitrary files to sensitive locations, such as /root/.ssh/authorized_keys, by providing a specially crafted zip or JAR file. Rated 7.1 HIGH, the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but could lead to high integrity and availability impacts (I:H/A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.0.0, < 1.9.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scala-sbt:io:*:*:*:*:*:sbt:*:*
>= 0.3.4, < 1.9.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scala-sbt:sbt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.9LOW

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
26.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0034 is in the 25th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.scala-sbt:sbtFixed in: 1.9.7
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.scala-sbt:io_2.12Fixed in: 1.9.7
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.scala-sbt:io_2.13Fixed in: 1.9.7
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.scala-sbt:io_3Fixed in: 1.9.7

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-h9mw-grgx-2fhflow

sbt vulnerable to arbitrary file write via archive extraction (Zip Slip)

Oct 24, 2023

References

github.com / sbt/io/commit/124538348db0713c80793cb57b915f97ec13188a
Patch
github.com / sbt/io/issues/358
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / sbt/io/pull/360
Patch
github.com / sbt/sbt/security/advisories/GHSA-h9mw-grgx-2fhf
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory