CVE-2023-35845 Security feature bypass in n/a
Local attackers can bypass TLS certificate validation by modifying world-writable files in Anaconda or Miniconda installations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-35845?
CVE-2023-35845 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Anaconda 3 2023.03-1-Linux allows local users to disrupt TLS certificate validation by modifying the cacert.pem file used by the installed pip program. This occurs because many files are installed as world-writable on Linux, ignoring umask, even when these files are installed as root. Miniconda is also affected.
Weakness: CWE-295
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-35845?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including miniconda. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
miniconda Bitnami | From 2023.03-1.0 to 2023.03-1.0 | None |
Products include Anaconda Anaconda3.
How do I fix CVE-2023-35845?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-35845 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-35845 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-35845 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as BIT-miniconda-2023-35845, GHSA-hhfv-2xc3-52h6.