CVE-2023-40586 HIGH

CVE-2023-40586: go package github.com/corazawaf/coraza is vulnerable to denial of service

Vendor Corazawaf
Product coraza
Weakness CWE-400
Published August 25, 2023
Last update October 2, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

OWASP Coraza WAF is a golang modsecurity compatible web application firewall library. Due to the misuse of `log.Fatalf`, the application using coraza crashed after receiving crafted requests from attackers. The application will immediately crash after receiving a malicious request that triggers an error in `mime.ParseMediaType`. This issue was patched in version 3.0.1.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 25, 2023 CVE published
October 2, 2024 Record updated