CVE-2023-43621

MEDIUM4.7EPSS 0.03%

Croc may expose secret to local users

Published: 9/20/2023Modified: 2/4/2026

Also known as:GHSA-7g3v-4ggr-xvjfCGA-mfmj-8m5p-q3fvGO-2023-2069

Description

An issue was discovered in Croc before 9.6.16. The shared secret, located on a command line, can be read by local users who list all processes and their arguments.

Affected packages (5)

Go/github.com/schollz/crocfrom 0
Go/github.com/schollz/croc/v6from 0
Go/github.com/schollz/croc/v8from 0
Go/github.com/schollz/croc/v9from 0, < 9.6.16
Go/github.com/schollz/croc/v9from 0, < 9.6.16

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM4.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References (8)

ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7g3v-4ggr-xvjf
ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43621
PATCHhttps://github.com/schollz/croc
WEBhttps://github.com/schollz/croc/commit/863dabb93a271f41b3431c4384357e1856a69533
WEBhttps://github.com/schollz/croc/issues/598
WEBhttps://github.com/schollz/croc/pull/701
WEBhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/08/2
WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/21/5