CVE-2023-43621

Exp

An issue was discovered in Croc through 9.6.5. The shared secret, located on a command line, can be read by local users who list all processes and their arguments.

Published: 2023-09-20 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-43621 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). 2 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-2023-43621

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-43621

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 2025-11-21 0.06% 0.04% -0.02%
2 2025-11-18 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2025-04-15 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-43621

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.7 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 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:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
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:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.0 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-43621

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-43621

GHSA-7g3v-4ggr-xvjf · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: go — Croc may expose secret to local users

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-43621

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2023-43621: 1 source package rows (croc); 9 state rows across 5 repos (3.18-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 6, open 3. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-43621

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-43621

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
schollz croc <= 9.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:schollz:croc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-43621

URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/21/5 Mailing List
https://github.com/schollz/croc/issues/598 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/08/2 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
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