CVE-2023-43799

The Altair Desktop Client Does Not Sanitize External URLs before passing them to the underlying system

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

Altair is a GraphQL Client. Prior to version 5.2.5, the Altair GraphQL Client Desktop Application does not sanitize external URLs before passing them to the underlying system. Moreover, Altair GraphQL Client also does not isolate the context of the renderer process. This affects versions of the software running on MacOS, Windows, and Linux. Version 5.2.5 fixes this issue.

Altair es un cliente GraphQL. Antes de la versión 5.2.5, la aplicación de escritorio del cliente Altair GraphQL no sanitiza las URL externas antes de pasarlas al sistema subyacente. Además, Altair GraphQL Client tampoco aísla el contexto del proceso de renderizado. Esto afecta a las versiones del software que se ejecutan en MacOS, Windows y Linux. La versión 5.2.5 soluciona este problema.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

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

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-09-22 CVE Reserved
2023-10-04 CVE Published
2024-09-20 CVE Updated
2024-11-05 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/altair-graphql/altair/releases/tag/v5.2.5	Release Notes

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/altair-graphql/altair/security/advisories/GHSA-9m5v-vrf6-fmvm	2023-10-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Altairgraphql Search vendor "Altairgraphql"	Altair Search vendor "Altairgraphql" for product "Altair"	< 5.2.5 Search vendor "Altairgraphql" for product "Altair" and version " < 5.2.5"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Macos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos"	-	-	Safe
Altairgraphql Search vendor "Altairgraphql"	Altair Search vendor "Altairgraphql" for product "Altair"	< 5.2.5 Search vendor "Altairgraphql" for product "Altair" and version " < 5.2.5"	-	Affected	in	Linux Search vendor "Linux"	Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"	-	-	Safe
Altairgraphql Search vendor "Altairgraphql"	Altair Search vendor "Altairgraphql" for product "Altair"	< 5.2.5 Search vendor "Altairgraphql" for product "Altair" and version " < 5.2.5"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe