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TI-2023-05530 Aliases CVE-2023-6002GHSA-p56w-h56q-c97x

Log injection in YugabyteDB

Priority LOW 35CWE-117Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

YugabyteDB is vulnerable to cross site scripting (XSS) via log injection. Writing invalidated user input to log files can allow an unprivileged attacker to forge log entries or inject malicious content into the logs.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00405 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed YugabyteDB (YugabyteDB): 2.14.14.0, 2.16.8.0, 2.18.4.0

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
YugabyteDBYugabyteDB2.0.0.0 – 2.14.13.0, 2.16.7.0, 2.18.3.02.14.14.0, 2.16.8.0, 2.18.4.0Patch availableCNA
  • YugabyteDB VendorYugabyteDB Affected 2.0.0.0 – 2.14.13.0, 2.16.7.0, 2.18.3.0 Fixed in 2.14.14.0, 2.16.8.0, 2.18.4.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:yugabyte:yugabytedb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.14.0.0 to before 2.14.14.0; 2.16.0.0 to before 2.16.8.0; 2.18.0.0 to before 2.18.4.0VulnerableYugabyteDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:yugabyte:yugabytedb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.14.0.0 to before 2.14.14.0; 2.16.0.0 to before 2.16.8.0; 2.18.0.0 to before 2.18.4.0 Vulnerable ·YugabyteDB

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA YugabyteDB (YugabyteDB) Fixed in 2.14.14.0, 2.16.8.0, 2.18.4.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-6002
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p56w-h56q-c97x

References

Other 1

  • TI-2024-27623 YugabyteDB v2.21.1.0 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the "insert into" parameter. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-00545 Remote code execution in YugabyteDB CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-17471 The software is vulnerable when using LDAP-based authentication in YCQL with Microsoft’s Active Directory CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-05529 Prometheus Metrics Accessible Pre-Authentication CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-04277 Set Logging Level Without Authentication CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

Sources

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