🛡️ CVE-2023-46865 — crater

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-46865 is classified as CWE-94: Code Injection. Input is incorporated into code that the runtime evaluates, so an attacker can have their own code executed.

Affected software

CVE-2023-46865 is recorded against 1 package.

• crater (fixed in 6.0.6)

Timeline and source

Published on 30 October 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

crater has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2022-1032 (7.2 High, published 29 Mar 2022)
• CVE-2022-1033 (7.8 High, published 23 Mar 2022)
• CVE-2022-0515 (4.3 Medium, published 21 Mar 2022)
• CVE-2022-0514 (6.5 Medium, published 21 Mar 2022)
• CVE-2022-0372 (5.4 Medium, published 27 Jan 2022)
• CVE-2022-0203 (5.3 Medium, published 26 Jan 2022)
• CVE-2022-0242 (7.2 High, published 17 Jan 2022)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-94: Code Injection) in other software:

• CVE-2025-13146 (6.5 Medium, published 22 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-56373 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2025-14287 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29216 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-4181 (8.8 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-48061 (9.8 Critical, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-3924 (4.4 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-28397 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)

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