🛡️ CVE-2023-40305 on Alpine 3.18 (Root.io) — rootio-indent

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-40305 as tracked by Alpine 3.18 (Root.io), for the package rootio-indent. The fix is available in version 2.2.13-r10074; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high. (rating taken from the base CVE record.)

Weakness class

ROOT-OS-ALPINE-318-CVE-2023-40305 is classified as CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. Data is written past the end or before the start of a buffer, corrupting whatever is stored there.

Affected software

ROOT-OS-ALPINE-318-CVE-2023-40305 is recorded against 1 package.

• rootio-indent (fixed in 2.2.13-r10074)

Timeline and source

Published on 22 March 2026 and last revised on 28 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

CVE-2023-40305 on other distributions

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Details

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