CVE-2023-32668
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
LuaTeX before 1.17.0 allows a document (compiled with the default settings) to make arbitrary network requests. This occurs because full access to the socket library is permitted by default, as stated in the documentation. This also affects TeX Live before 2023 r66984 and MiKTeX before 23.5.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 5.1–9.8
ssvc
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affected products (10)
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (15)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-32668/cnnvd
- https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/blob/b266ef076c96b382cd23a4c93204e247bb98626a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/ChangeLog#L1-L3cnnvd
- https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/tags/1.17.0cnnvd
- https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-May/049188.htmlcnnvd
- https://tug.org/~mseven/luatex.html#luasocketcnnvd
- https://www.luatex.org/Patchcnnvd
- https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/blob/b266ef076c96b382cd23a4c93204e247bb98626a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/ChangeLog#L1-L3enisa_euvd
- https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/tags/1.17.0enisa_euvd
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