CVE-2023-43608

Published: Dec 5, 2023

Modified: Nov 4, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.1

HIGH

Description

A data integrity vulnerability exists in the BR_NO_CHECK_HASH_FOR functionality of Buildroot 2023.08.1 and dev commit 622698d7847. A specially crafted man-in-the-middle attack can lead to arbitrary command execution in the builder.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Buildroot	Buildroot	affected `2023.08.1` affected `dev commit 622698d7847`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-494

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1845

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/11/1

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CVE-2023-43608

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References