CVE-2023-38673 Command injection in fs.py

What is CVE-2023-38673?

CVE-2023-38673 is a critical command injection vulnerability in PaddlePaddle, published on 26 Jul 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

PaddlePaddle before 2.5.0 has a command injection in fs.py. This resulted in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the operating system.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38673?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including paddlepaddle. It affects 1 product.

Products include Paddlepaddle Paddlepaddle.

How do I fix CVE-2023-38673?

Upgrade paddlepaddle to 2.5.0 or later.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2023-38673 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-38673 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in PaddlePaddle

• CVE-2022-46742 PaddlePaddle vulnerable to Code Injection Critical 10.0
• CVE-2022-45908 PaddlePaddle vulnerable to code injection via winstr Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-52310 Command injection in get_online_pass_interval Critical 9.6
• CVE-2023-52311 Command injection in _wget_download Critical 9.6
• CVE-2023-52314 Command injection in convert_shape_compare Critical 9.6

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-9q9v-qgwx-84mr, PYSEC-2023-126.