CVE-2023-23849

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-02-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Versions of Coverity Connect prior to 2022.12.0 are vulnerable to an unauthenticated Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. Any web service hosted on the same sub domain can set a cookie for the whole subdomain which can be used to bypass other mitigations in place for malicious purposes. CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/RL:O/RC:C

Affected products

Synopsys Coverity: before 2022.12.0 — fixed in 2022.12.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Synopsys Coverity 2022.12.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://community.synopsys.com/s/article/SIG-Product-Security-Advisory-CVE-2023-23849-affecting-Coverity
https://community.synopsys.com/s/article/SIG-Product-Security-Advisory-CVE-2023-23849-affecting-Coverity

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