Critical severity · published Jun 19, 2023
CVE-2023-35853
In Suricata before 6.0.13, an adversary who controls an external source of Lua rules may be able to execute Lua code
9.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Suricata before 6.0.13, an adversary who controls an external source of Lua rules may be able to execute Lua code. This is addressed in 6.0.13 by disabling Lua unless allow-rules is true in the security lua configuration section.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SU
Suricata · Oisf
before 6.0.13 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35853
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-35853
Patch
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/b95bbcc66db526ffcc880eb439dbe8abc87a81da
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/compare/suricata-6.0.12...suricata-6.0.13
Not Applicable
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