CVE-2023-43116

Exp

A symbolic link following vulnerability in Buildkite Elastic CI for AWS versions prior to 6.7.1 and 5.22.5 allows the buildkite-agent user to change ownership of arbitrary directories via the PIPELINE_PATH variable in the fix-buildkite-agent-builds-permissions script.

Published: 2023-12-22 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-43116 is rated Exploit Available (54.8/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-43116

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-43116

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.08% 0.33% +0.24%
2 2025-03-30 0.16% 0.08% -0.08%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.16% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-43116

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-43116

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-43116

GHSA-7c44-7j7v-w554 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — Buildkite Elastic CI for AWS symbolic link following vulnerability

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-43116

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
buildkite elastic_ci_stack < 5.22.5 cpe:2.3:a:buildkite:elastic_ci_stack:*:*:*:*:*:aws:*:*
buildkite elastic_ci_stack >= 6.0.0, < 6.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:buildkite:elastic_ci_stack:*:*:*:*:*:aws:*:*

References for CVE-2023-43116

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