# CVE-2023-32687: Insufficiently Protected ChatBot Credentials in tgstation-server

> Users with list chat bots permission can read chat bot connection strings, exposing credentials in tgstation-server.

- **Severity:** High 7.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/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:** 29 May 2023
- **Updated:** 13 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rv76-495p-g7cp

## What is CVE-2023-32687?

CVE-2023-32687 is a high-severity vulnerability in tgstation-server, published on 29 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

tgstation-server is a toolset to manage production BYOND servers. Starting in version 4.7.0 and prior to 5.12.1, instance users with the list chat bots permission can read chat bot connections strings without the associated permission. This issue is patched in version 5.12.1. As a workaround, remove the list chat bots permission from users that should not have the ability to view connection strings. Invalidate any credentials previously stored for safety.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-32687?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Tgstation13 Tgstation-Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-32687?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-32687 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-32687 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32687 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in tgstation-server

- [CVE-2018-17107](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17107/): tgstation-server cached user logins in legacy server (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-21611](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21611/): tgstation-server's role authorization incorrectly OR'd with user's enabled status (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-41799](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41799/): tgstation-server's DreamMaker environment files outside the deployment directory can be compiled and ran by insufficiently permissioned users (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2020-16136](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16136/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2023-33198](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33198/): Incorrectly Specified Chat Message Destinations in tgstation-server and DreamMaker API (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-32687 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-32687 is a high-severity vulnerability in tgstation-server, published on 29 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-2023-32687 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: tgstation-server. 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-2023-32687/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32687/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32687
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32687
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-32687

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32687/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.