CVE-2023-40580

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    CVE-2023-40580

    Published: 25 Aug 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Freighter mnemonic phrase may be accessed by Javascript through a private API

    Details: Freighter is a Stellar chrome extension. It may be possible for a malicious website to access the recovery mnemonic phrase when the Freighter wallet is unlocked. This vulnerability impacts access control to the mnemonic recovery phrase. This issue was patched in version 5.3.1.

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/40xxx/CVE-2023-40580.json, https://github.com/stellar/freighter/security/advisories/GHSA-vqr6-hwg2-775w, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40580, https://github.com/stellar/freighter/commit/81f78ba008c41ce631a3d0f9e4449f4bbd90baee, https://github.com/stellar/freighter/pull/948

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -81f78ba008c41ce631a3d0f9e4449f4bbd90baee

    Affected versions

    5.4.0-beta.1
    5.4.0-beta.0

    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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