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Vulnerability details: VCID-93f3-ykqg-6qc8
Vulnerability ID VCID-93f3-ykqg-6qc8
Aliases CVE-2023-32668
Summary LuaTeX before 1.17.0 allows a document (compiled with the default settings) to make arbitrary network requests. This occurs because full access to the socket library is permitted by default, as stated in the documentation. This also affects TeX Live before 2023 r66984 and MiKTeX before 23.5.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
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cvssv3.1 5.5 https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/blob/b266ef076c96b382cd23a4c93204e247bb98626a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/ChangeLog#L1-L3
ssvc Track https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/blob/b266ef076c96b382cd23a4c93204e247bb98626a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/ChangeLog#L1-L3
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/tags/1.17.0
ssvc Track https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/tags/1.17.0
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32668
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://tug.org/~mseven/luatex.html#luasocket
ssvc Track https://tug.org/~mseven/luatex.html#luasocket
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-May/049188.html
ssvc Track https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-May/049188.html
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32668
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32668
049188.html https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-May/049188.html
1036470 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1036470
1.17.0 https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/tags/1.17.0
ChangeLog#L1-L3 https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/blob/b266ef076c96b382cd23a4c93204e247bb98626a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/ChangeLog#L1-L3
cpe:2.3:a:luatex_project:luatex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:luatex_project:luatex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:miktex:miktex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:miktex:miktex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2023-32668 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32668
luatex.html#luasocket https://tug.org/~mseven/luatex.html#luasocket
USN-6695-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6695-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/blob/b266ef076c96b382cd23a4c93204e247bb98626a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/ChangeLog#L1-L3
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-27T16:40:54Z/ Found at https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/blob/b266ef076c96b382cd23a4c93204e247bb98626a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/ChangeLog#L1-L3
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/tags/1.17.0
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-27T16:40:54Z/ Found at https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/tags/1.17.0
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32668
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://tug.org/~mseven/luatex.html#luasocket
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-27T16:40:54Z/ Found at https://tug.org/~mseven/luatex.html#luasocket
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-May/049188.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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unchanged

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-27T16:40:54Z/ Found at https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-May/049188.html
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.14838
EPSS Score 0.00048
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:35:32.623674+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/6695-1/ 37.0.0