TI-2022-23747 Aliases CVE-2022-47933 GHSA-pvq5-77h5-rgw5

Brave Browser before 1.42.51 allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a…

MEDIUM 62CWE-755Published 2022-12-24 · Updated 2025-04-15

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Brave Browser before 1.42.51 allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTML file that references the IPFS scheme. This vulnerability is caused by an uncaught exception in the function ipfs::OnBeforeURLRequest_IPFSRedirectWork() in ipfs_redirect_network_delegate_helper.cc.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00865 58th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:brave:brave::::::::	before 1.42.51	Vulnerable	Brave

cpe:2.3:a:brave:brave:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.42.51 Vulnerable ·Brave

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-47933
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pvq5-77h5-rgw5

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/23646

Patch 2

Advisory 2

TI-2022-23748 Brave Browser before 1.43.88 allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2017-05997 Brave 0.12.4 has a Status Bar Obfuscation issue in which a redirection target is shown in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
TI-2021-20894 In Brave Desktop 1.17 through 1.33 before 1.33.106, when CNAME-based adblocking and a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2021-05777 Information disclosure in https://github.com/brave/brave-core CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
TI-2022-23746 Brave Browser before 1.43.34 allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2017-05996 Brave 0.12.4 has a URI Obfuscation issue in which a string such as… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5

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Sources

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