CVE-2023-1538

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.006 · 50 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.64% (50th) EPSS

CVSS 5.3 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Observable Timing Discrepancy in GitHub repository answerdev/answer prior to 1.0.6.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · security@huntr.devexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-203USprimaryCWE-203USCWE-208USCWE-208US

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

answerdev answerdev/answerunspecified → 1.0.6enisa_euvdEU
answer answer< 1.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:answer:answer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Go github.com/answerdev/answer< 1.0.6osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/answerdev/answer

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-rvjp-8qj4-8p29Answer has Observable Timing Discrepancy2023-03-21ghsa · osvUS
Observable Timing Discrepancy in GitHub repository answerdev/answer prior to 1.0.6.
GO-2023-1661Answer has Observable Timing Discrepancy in github.com/answerdev/answer2024-08-20vendor · osvUS
Answer has Observable Timing Discrepancy in github.com/answerdev/answer

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-03-21modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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