# CVE-2023-28360: Security feature bypass in https://laptop-updates.brave.com/latest/winx64

> Brave browser fails to display download safety checks, allowing users to save potentially malicious files without warning.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 May 2023
- **Updated:** 27 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mcpc-4w6j-6xpq

## What is CVE-2023-28360?

CVE-2023-28360 is a medium-severity vulnerability in https://laptop-updates.brave.com/latest/winx64, published on 11 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An omission of security-relevant information vulnerability exists in Brave desktop prior to version 1.48.171 when a user was saving a file there was no download safety check dialog presented to the user.

Weakness: CWE-223 (Omission of Security-relevant Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28360?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Brave Brave.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-28360?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28360 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-28360 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28360 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in https://laptop-updates.brave.com/latest/winx64

- [CVE-2021-45884](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45884/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-47932](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-47932/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-47933](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-47933/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-47934](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-47934/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2018-10798](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10798/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-28360 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-28360 is a medium-severity vulnerability in https://laptop-updates.brave.com/latest/winx64, published on 11 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28360 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: https://laptop-updates.brave.com/latest/winx64. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28360/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28360/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28360
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28360
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28360

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28360/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.