Authenticated Resources Accessible via Forced Browsing
Priority LOW 35CWE-425Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-425.
Summary
Coverity versions prior to 2023.3.2 are vulnerable to forced browsing, which exposes authenticated resources to unauthorized actors. The root cause of this vulnerability is an insecurely configured servlet mapping for the underlying Apache Tomcat server. As a result, the downloads directory and its contents are accessible. 5.9 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C)
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00431 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-1663
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-48j5-grh5-3f4f
References
More Synopsys Coverity vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-09648 Cross-site scripting in Synopsys Coverity CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
Sources
- CVE-2023-1663 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-1663 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-48j5-grh5-3f4f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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