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TI-2023-16453 Aliases CVE-2023-33293GHSA-c8m7-c746-qxp6

An issue was discovered in KaiOS 3.0 and 3.1.

Priority MEDIUM 63CWE-668Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-668 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in KaiOS 3.0 and 3.1. The binary /system/kaios/api-daemon exposes a local web server on *.localhost with subdomains for each installed applications, e.g., myapp.localhost. An attacker can make fetch requests to api-deamon to determine if a given app is installed and read the manifest.webmanifest contents, including the app version.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0056 46th 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
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
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:kaiostech:kaios:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableKaiostech
cpe:2.3:o:kaiostech:kaios:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1VulnerableKaiostech
  • cpe:2.3:o:kaiostech:kaios:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Kaiostech
  • cpe:2.3:o:kaiostech:kaios:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1 Vulnerable ·Kaiostech

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-33293
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c8m7-c746-qxp6

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2023-16454 An issue was discovered in KaiOS 3.0 before 3.1. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-05253 A Denial of Service issue has been discovered in the Gecko component of KaiOS 2.5 10.05… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2023-11928 An issue was discovered in KaiOS 3.0. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2019-10970 An issue was discovered in KaiOS 2.5 and 2.5.1. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2019-10969 An issue was discovered in KaiOS 2.5 and 2.5.1. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2019-10968 An issue was discovered in KaiOS 1.0, 2.5, and 2.5.12.5. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
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Sources

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