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HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2023-23930
Vantage6 Pickle Deserialization Vulnerability (Deserialization)
Description

vantage6 is privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure. Versions prior to 4.0.0 use pickle, which has known security issue, as a default serialization module but that has known security issues. All users of vantage6 that post tasks with the default serialization are affected. Version 4.0.0 contains a patch. Users may specify JSON serialization as a workaround.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 11, 2023, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 7:47 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-23930 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Vantage6 vantage6
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-23930.

URL Resource
https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/blob/0682c4288f43fee5bcc72dc448cdd99bd7e57f76/docs/release_notes.rst#400 Release Notes
https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/commit/e62f03bacf2247bd59eed217e2e7338c3a01a5f0 Patch
https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/security/advisories/GHSA-5m22-cfq9-86x6 Vendor Advisory
https://medium.com/ochrona/python-pickle-is-notoriously-insecure-d6651f1974c9 Exploit Permissions Required Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/blob/0682c4288f43fee5bcc72dc448cdd99bd7e57f76/docs/release_notes.rst#400 Release Notes
https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/commit/e62f03bacf2247bd59eed217e2e7338c3a01a5f0 Patch
https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/security/advisories/GHSA-5m22-cfq9-86x6 Vendor Advisory
https://medium.com/ochrona/python-pickle-is-notoriously-insecure-d6651f1974c9 Exploit Permissions Required Technical Description Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-23930 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-23930 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-23930 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-23930 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/blob/0682c4288f43fee5bcc72dc448cdd99bd7e57f76/docs/release_notes.rst#400
    Added Reference https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/commit/e62f03bacf2247bd59eed217e2e7338c3a01a5f0
    Added Reference https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/security/advisories/GHSA-5m22-cfq9-86x6
    Added Reference https://medium.com/ochrona/python-pickle-is-notoriously-insecure-d6651f1974c9
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/blob/0682c4288f43fee5bcc72dc448cdd99bd7e57f76/docs/release_notes.rst#400 No Types Assigned https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/blob/0682c4288f43fee5bcc72dc448cdd99bd7e57f76/docs/release_notes.rst#400 Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/commit/e62f03bacf2247bd59eed217e2e7338c3a01a5f0 No Types Assigned https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/commit/e62f03bacf2247bd59eed217e2e7338c3a01a5f0 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/security/advisories/GHSA-5m22-cfq9-86x6 No Types Assigned https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/security/advisories/GHSA-5m22-cfq9-86x6 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://medium.com/ochrona/python-pickle-is-notoriously-insecure-d6651f1974c9 No Types Assigned https://medium.com/ochrona/python-pickle-is-notoriously-insecure-d6651f1974c9 Exploit, Permissions Required, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vantage6:vantage6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.0.2
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description vantage6 is privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure. Versions 4.0.2 and prior use pickle, which has known security issue, as a default serialization module but that has known security issues. All users of vantage6 that post tasks with the default serialization are affected. No patches are currently available, but users may specify JSON serialization as a workaround. vantage6 is privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure. Versions prior to 4.0.0 use pickle, which has known security issue, as a default serialization module but that has known security issues. All users of vantage6 that post tasks with the default serialization are affected. Version 4.0.0 contains a patch. Users may specify JSON serialization as a workaround.
    Added Reference https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/blob/0682c4288f43fee5bcc72dc448cdd99bd7e57f76/docs/release_notes.rst#400 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/commit/e62f03bacf2247bd59eed217e2e7338c3a01a5f0 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.2
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.73 }} -0.37%

score

0.71318

percentile