CVE-2023-40299

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

Kong Insomnia 2023.4.0 on macOS allows attackers to execute code and access restricted files, or make requests for TCC permissions, by using the DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES environment variable.

Kong Insomnia 2023.4.0 en macOS permite a los atacantes ejecutar código y acceder a archivos restringidos, o realizar solicitudes de permisos TCC, utilizando la variable de entorno DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-08-14 CVE Reserved
2023-10-04 CVE Published
2024-09-20 CVE Updated
2024-09-20 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-114: Process Control

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/releases	Release Notes
https://insomnia.rest/changelog	Release Notes

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.angelystor.com/posts/cve-2023-40299	2024-09-20

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/pull/6217/commits	2023-10-12

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Konghq Search vendor "Konghq"	Insomnia Search vendor "Konghq" for product "Insomnia"	2023.4.0 Search vendor "Konghq" for product "Insomnia" and version "2023.4.0"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Macos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos"	-	-	Safe