please (aka pleaser) through 0.5.4 allows privilege escalation through the TIOCSTI and/or…
Priority HIGH 69CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
please (aka pleaser) through 0.5.4 allows privilege escalation through the TIOCSTI and/or TIOCLINUX ioctl. (If both TIOCSTI and TIOCLINUX are disabled, this cannot be exploited.)
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00308 23rd 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
- Total
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 |
| — | pleaser (crates.io) | up to 0.5.4 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-cgf8-h3fp-h956 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- pleaser (crates.io) Vendor— Affected up to 0.5.4 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-cgf8-h3fp-h956
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-46277
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cgf8-h3fp-h956
References
Patch 2
Advisory 2
Sources
- CVE-2023-46277 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-46277 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cgf8-h3fp-h956 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-46277 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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