CVE-2023-6002

Log Injection

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Published Nov 7, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

YugabyteDB is vulnerable to cross site scripting (XSS) via log injection. Writing invalidated user input to log files can allow an unprivileged attacker to forge log entries or inject malicious content into the logs.

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

YugabyteDB

YugabyteDB

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.0.0.0`	affected	≤ 2.14.13.0, 2.16.7.0, 2.18.3.0
`2.14.14.0`	unaffected	—
`2.16.8.0`	unaffected	—
`2.18.4.0`	unaffected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:yugabyte:yugabytedb::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:yugabyte:yugabytedb::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:yugabyte:yugabytedb::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-58269	YugabyteDB is vulnerable to cross site scripting (XSS) via log injection. Writing invalidated user input to log files can allow an unprivileged attacker to forge log entries or inject malicious content into the logs.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.484% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.yugabyte.com/

History

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Subscriptions

Yugabyte Yugabytedb

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 1:03 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Yugabyte
Published: Nov 7, 2023, 11:56 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 1:03 PM
Reserved: Nov 7, 2023, 10:20 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 8:14 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 8:14 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:49 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 8, 2023, 12:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:49 AM

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