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CVE-2023-50728

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-50728 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting octokit/webhooks and related octokit/probot products, specifically versions 9.26.0 through 9.26.2, 10.9.0 through 10.9.1, 11.1.0 through 11.1.1, and 12.0.0 through 12.0.3. The flaw stems from improper error handling, where an undefined error can lead to an uncaught exception, terminating the Node.js process. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to cause a complete denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
14.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:octokit:app:14.0.1:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
< 3.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:octokit:octokit:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
< 9.26.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:octokit:webhooks:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
>= 10.0.0, < 10.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:octokit:webhooks:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
>= 11.0.0, < 11.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:octokit:webhooks:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0073 is in the 26th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (11)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: probotFixed in: 12.3.3
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: @octokit/webhooksFixed in: 9.26.3
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: @octokit/webhooksFixed in: 10.9.2
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: @octokit/webhooksFixed in: 11.1.2
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: @octokit/webhooksFixed in: 12.0.3
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: @octokit/appFixed in: 14.0.2
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: octokitFixed in: 3.1.2
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHDH-1.1-RHEL-9Fixed in: rhdh/rhdh-rhel9-operator:1.1-85
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHDH-1.1-RHEL-9Fixed in: rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9:1.1-97
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHDH-1.1-RHEL-9Fixed in: rhdh/rhdh-operator-bundle:1.1-118
View patch
github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-pwfr-8pq7-x9qvhigh

Unauthenticated Denial of Service in the octokit/webhooks library

Dec 16, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-50728Moderate

octopost/webhooks: uncaught exception

Dec 15, 2023

References

github.com / octokit/app.js/releases/tag/v14.0.2
Release Notes
github.com / octokit/octokit.js/releases/tag/v3.1.2
Release Notes
github.com / octokit/webhooks.js/releases/tag/v10.9.2
Release Notes
github.com / octokit/webhooks.js/releases/tag/v11.1.2
Release Notes
github.com / octokit/webhooks.js/releases/tag/v12.0.4
Release Notes
github.com / octokit/webhooks.js/releases/tag/v9.26.3
Release Notes
github.com / octokit/webhooks.js/security/advisories/GHSA-pwfr-8pq7-x9qv
Vendor Advisory
github.com / probot/probot/releases/tag/v12.3.3
Release Notes