CVE-2023-37896
August 04, 2023
Nuclei is a vulnerability scanner. Prior to version 2.9.9, a security issue in the Nuclei project affected users utilizing Nuclei as Go code (SDK) running custom templates. This issue did not affect CLI users. The problem was related to sanitization issues with payload loading in sandbox mode. There was a potential risk with payloads loading in sandbox mode. The issue occurred due to relative paths not being converted to absolute paths before doing the check for "sandbox" flag allowing arbitrary files to be read on the filesystem in certain cases when using Nuclei from "Go" SDK implementation.
This issue has been fixed in version 2.9.9. The maintainers have also enabled sandbox by default for filesystem loading. This can be optionally disabled if required. The "-sandbox" option has been deprecated and is now divided into two new options: "-lfa" (allow local file access) which is enabled by default and "-lna" (restrict local network access) which can be enabled by users optionally. The "-lfa" allows file (payload) access anywhere on the system (disabling sandbox effectively), and "-lna" blocks connections to the local/private network.
Affected Packages
github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei (GO):
Affected version(s) Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.9.9Related ResourcesĀ (5)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.65