CVE-2023-35853

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Published Jun 19, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

In Suricata before 6.0.13, an adversary who controls an external source of Lua rules may be able to execute Lua code. This is addressed in 6.0.13 by disabling Lua unless allow-rules is true in the security lua configuration section.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-39846	In Suricata before 6.0.13, an adversary who controls an external source of Lua rules may be able to execute Lua code. This is addressed in 6.0.13 by disabling Lua unless allow-rules is true in the security lua configuration section.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.0% (1.031% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/b95bbcc66db526ffcc880eb439dbe8abc87a81da
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/compare/suricata-6.0.12...suricata-6.0.13
https://www.stamus-networks.com/stamus-labs

History

Dec 11, 2024 5:15 PM Weaknesses updated. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-94
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Oisf Suricata

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Dec 11, 2024, 5:04 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 19, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Dec 11, 2024, 5:04 PM
Reserved: Jun 19, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 4:30 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 4:30 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:05 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 19, 2023, 4:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:05 AM

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