Weaviate denial of service vulnerability

CVE-2023-38976 → View on GitHub ↗ View on CVE.org ↗ View on NVD ↗

Description

Impact

This vulnerability is a type conversion issue that affects users of Weaviate Server versions 1.20.0 and earlier.
Who is impacted: Users of Weaviate Server versions 1.20.0 and earlier are impacted by this vulnerability.

Patches

A patch has been developed for this vulnerability.
Patch releases 1.20.6, 1.19.13, and 1.18.6 are fixing this vulnerability in each respective minor version release.
Users are strongly recommended to upgrade to one of these patched versions to address the vulnerability.
Keeping software up-to-date is crucial to avoid security vulnerabilities.

Workarounds

There are no known workarounds to fix or remediate this vulnerability without upgrading.
Users must upgrade to a patched version to mitigate the risk.

References

  • https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/releases/tag/v1.18.6
  • https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/releases/tag/v1.19.13
  • https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/releases/tag/v1.20.6

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
high
Advisory on GitHub
Open advisory ↗
Repository advisory
Open repository advisory ↗
Source code
Browse source ↗
Published (advisory)
2023-08-22 18:03:13 UTC
Updated
2023-08-24 21:49:44 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2023-08-22 18:03:13 UTC

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
7.15% 91.51%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
7.5 3.1 —
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
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:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

Identifiers

Type Value
GHSA GHSA-8697-479h-5mfp ↗
CVE CVE-2023-38976 ↗

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-704 Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Credits

  • 360AIVul (reporter)

Affected packages (3)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
go github.com/weaviate/weaviate >= 1.20.0, < 1.20.6 1.20.6 —
go github.com/weaviate/weaviate >= 1.19.0, < 1.19.13 1.19.13 —
go github.com/weaviate/weaviate < 1.18.6 1.18.6 —

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence