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CVE-2023-49343

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-49343 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the Budgie Extras Dropby applet in Ubuntu Budgie, where temporary data passed between application components can be viewed or manipulated. This is due to data being stored in a world-readable location, allowing local attackers to pre-create or control this file to present false information or deny application access. With a CVSS score of 7.8, it carries a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and low privileges. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= v1.4.0, < v1.7.1CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:ubuntubudgie:budgie_extras:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.4.0, < 1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ubuntubudgie:budgie_extras:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.0MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ubuntuvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

cve.mitre.org / cgi-bin/cvename.cgi
Third Party Advisory
github.com / UbuntuBudgie/budgie-extras/security/advisories/GHSA-27g2-7x65-3cc5
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / security/notices/USN-6556-1
Vendor Advisory