CVE-2023-33983

Published May 24, 2023

Last updated a month ago

Overview

Description: The Introduction Client in Briar through 1.5.3 does not implement out-of-band verification for the public keys of introducees. An introducer can launch man-in-the-middle attacks against later private communication between two introduced parties.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.4
Impact score: 5.2
Exploitability score: 2.2
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-862
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-862

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:briarproject:briar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "1F0A8EFB-C2F6-4A89-8836-1919C9C09EE4",
            "versionEndIncluding": "1.5.3"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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