Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-28371

Critical

Published: 15 March 2023

Published
15 March 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0104 77.8th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-28371 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Stellarium Stellarium. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 22.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

In Stellarium through 1.2, attackers can write to files that are typically unintended, such as ones with absolute pathnames or .. directory traversal.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

stellarium
stellarium
≤ 1.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References