CVE-2023-40023

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    CVE-2023-40023

    Published: 14 Aug 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Yaklang Plugin's Fuzztag Component Allows Unauthorized Local File Reading

    Details: yaklang is a programming language designed for cybersecurity. The Yak Engine has been found to contain a local file inclusion (LFI) vulnerability. This vulnerability allows attackers to include files from the server's local file system through the web application. When exploited, this can lead to the unintended exposure of sensitive data, potential remote code execution, or other security breaches. Users utilizing versions of the Yak Engine prior to 1.2.4-sp1 are impacted. This vulnerability has been patched in version 1.2.4-sp1. Users are advised to upgrade. users unable to upgrade may avoid exposing vulnerable versions to untrusted input and to closely monitor any unexpected server behavior until they can upgrade.

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/40xxx/CVE-2023-40023.json, https://github.com/yaklang/yaklang/security/advisories/GHSA-xvhg-w6qc-m3qq, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40023, https://github.com/yaklang/yaklang/pull/295, https://github.com/yaklang/yaklang/pull/296

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 9f4c141bdedd87e08b05b1f3cbc87876a1430db5
    Fixed -4d4d6df6d9c29fa429b23d95ecf7ed1903b4d2ac

    Affected versions

    1.2.0-sp6
    1.2.0-sp7
    1.2.0-sp8
    1.2.1-NA
    1.2.1-sp1
    1.2.1-sp2
    1.2.1-sp3
    1.2.1-sp4
    1.2.1-sp5
    1.2.1-sp6
    1.2.1-sp7
    1.2.1-sp8
    1.2.1-sp9
    1.2.2-NA
    1.2.2-sp1
    1.2.2-sp2
    1.2.2-sp3
    1.2.2-sp4
    1.2.2-sp5
    1.2.2-sp6
    1.2.2-sp7
    1.2.3-NA
    1.2.3-sp1
    1.2.3-sp2
    1.2.3-sp3
    1.2.4-NA

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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