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CVE-2023-47113: DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability in BleachBit for Windows

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-11-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

BleachBit cleans files to free disk space and to maintain privacy. BleachBit for Windows up to version 4.4.2 is vulnerable to a DLL Hijacking vulnerability. By placing a DLL in the Folder c:\DLLs, an attacker can run arbitrary code on every execution of BleachBit for Windows. This issue has been patched in version 4.5.0.

Affected products

• bleachbit: through 4.4.2

References

• https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/security/advisories/GHSA-j8jc-f6p7-55p8
• https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/security/advisories/GHSA-j8jc-f6p7-55p8

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