CVE-2023-43644

Improper authentication in the SOCKS5 inbound in sing-box

Published Sep 25, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 9.1 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Sing-box is an open source proxy system. Affected versions are subject to an authentication bypass when specially crafted requests are sent to sing-box. This affects all SOCKS5 inbounds with user authentication and an attacker may be able to bypass authentication. Users are advised to update to sing-box 1.4.4 or to 1.5.0-rc.4. Users unable to update should not expose the SOCKS5 inbound to insecure environments.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-2582 Sing-box is an open source proxy system. Affected versions are subject to an authentication bypass when specially crafted requests are sent to sing-box. This affects all SOCKS5 inbounds with user authentication and an attacker may be able to bypass authentication. Users are advised to update to sing-box 1.4.4 or to 1.5.0-rc.4. Users unable to update should not expose the SOCKS5 inbound to insecure environments.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-r5hm-mp3j-285g sing-box vulnerable to improper authentication in the SOCKS inbound
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Sep 24, 2024, 7:29 PM
Reserved
Sep 20, 2023, 3:35 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 25, 2023, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:26 AM