CVE-2023-2968 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A remote attacker can trigger a denial of service in the socket.remoteAddress variable, by sending a crafted HTTP request. Usage of the undefined variable raises a TypeError exception.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Proxy Project	Proxy

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:proxy_project:proxy:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/undefined-variable-usage-in-proxy-leads-to-remote-denial-of-service-xray-520917

History

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:proxy_project:proxy:2.0.0:::::node.js:: cpe:2.3:a:proxy_project:proxy:2.1.1:::::node.js::	cpe:2.3:a:proxy_project:proxy::::::node.js::*

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: JFROG

Published: 2023-05-30T17:37:45.166Z

Updated: 2025-01-09T21:21:19.735Z

Reserved: 2023-05-29T21:15:17.688Z

Link: CVE-2023-2968

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:41:03.797Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-05-30T18:15:09.997

Modified: 2026-10-08T18:14:52.430

Link: CVE-2023-2968

Redhat

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