CVE-2023-28371

Published: Mar 15, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

9.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

In Stellarium through 1.2, attackers can write to files that are typically unintended, such as ones with absolute pathnames or .. directory traversal.

Affected (1)

Products: Stellarium: Stellarium

Stellarium

1 product

Stellarium

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Stellarium Stellarium	Up to 1.2

Related CWEs

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (12)

https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium/commit/1261f74dc4aa6bbd01ab514343424097f8cf46b7

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium/commit/787a894897b7872ae96e6f5804a182210edd5c78

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium/commit/eba61df3b38605befcb43687a4c0a159dbc0c5cb

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KG6UNRAOYZJSMIUELY3MMJ5J6LIUZXLT/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/REDZB5J7WDN2P3NYWFO2NNJXSTOFUUKM/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YQ4ZGY5MDDHBEOQTD4IIA2RFID3ATPXA/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium/commit/1261f74dc4aa6bbd01ab514343424097f8cf46b7