CVE-2023-6038criticalobserved exploitationCWE-862

CVE-2023-6038: critical vulnerability in h2oai/h2o-3

Local File Inclusion in h2oai/h2o-3

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65Vexday Risk Score

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ssvc Actcvss 9.3epss 4.3%
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Published on NVDNov 16
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A Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability exists in the h2o-3 REST API, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the server with the permissions of the user running the h2o-3 instance. This issue affects the default installation and does not require user interaction. The vulnerability can be exploited by making specific GET or POST requests to the ImportFiles and ParseSetup endpoints, respectively. This issue was identified in version 3.40.0.4 of h2o-3.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Affected products
h2oai · h2oai/h2o-3
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