Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-28360

Brave ≤ 1.48.171

Published
11 May 2023
Modified
27 January 2025
CVSS Score v3.1 4.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0084 55th percentile
Risk Priority 39 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-28360 is a medium-severity Omission of Security-relevant Information (CWE-223) vulnerability in Brave Brave. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 45% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

An omission of security-relevant information vulnerability exists in Brave desktop prior to version 1.48.171 when a user was saving a file there was no download safety check dialog presented to the user.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-52263Same vendor: Brave
CVE-2023-22798Same vendor: Brave
CVE-2023-28364Same vendor: Brave
CVE-2024-52813Shared CWE-223
CVE-2023-31191Shared CWE-223
CVE-2025-52926Shared CWE-223
CVE-2023-29156Shared CWE-223
CVE-2026-31890Shared CWE-223

Affected Assets

brave
brave
≤ 1.48.171

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 6 hardening rules · 2 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

DE.AE-02 mostly match
degrades

CWE-223 omits exactly the security details that DE.AE-02's log analysis and SIEM monitoring rely on, largely blinding the outcome while still leaving non-omitted data usable.

DE.AE-04 mostly match
degrades

CWE-223's omission of attack-relevant details largely blinds impact/scope estimation (DE.AE-04), removing most of its efficacy while not quite defeating every possible manual or external-data workaround.

DE.AE-06 mostly match
degrades

CWE-223 directly omits the security-relevant data that DE.AE-06 must deliver, largely defeating the outcome's purpose while not always eliminating every possible channel.

DE.AE-07 mostly match
degrades

CWE-223 omits the raw security data that DE.AE-07 must integrate with CTI, largely starving the analysis outcome in both directions.

DE.AE-08 mostly match
degrades

Missing security-relevant data largely blinds the criteria-based incident declaration process, removing most of its efficacy without making it completely impossible.

DE.CM-06 mostly match
degrades

CWE-223 omission directly blinds DE.CM-06 monitoring of external-provider activity by withholding the very security-relevant data needed to detect adverse events, impairing most (but not all) of the outcome's scope.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.15 Logging full match
prevents

Logging directly requires recording security-relevant events that the weakness omits.

degrades

Evidence collection depends on logs and records that the weakness fails to produce.

finds

Monitoring activities rely on the very information whose absence defines the weakness.

none

Incident-management planning assumes the availability of the data the weakness fails to capture.

none

Event assessment requires the security-relevant details the weakness omits.

none

Incident response effectiveness is reduced without the omitted information.

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Ubuntu 22.04 (2 rules)
  • V-260591 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must produce audit records and reports containing information to establish when, where, what type, the source, and the outcome for all DOD-defined auditable events and actions in near real time. prevents CWE-223
  • V-260590 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must have the "auditd" package installed. prevents CWE-223
Ubuntu 24.04 (2 rules)
  • V-270656 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS must have the "auditd" package installed. prevents CWE-223
  • V-270657 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS must produce audit records and reports containing information to establish when, where, what type, the source, and the outcome for all DOD-defined auditable events and actions in near real time. prevents CWE-223

References