CVE-2023-43799 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-43799: The Altair Desktop Client Does Not Sanitize External URLs before passing them to the underlying system

Vendor Altair-Graphql
Product altair
Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published October 4, 2023
Last update September 20, 2024
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CVSS base score

5.0/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Altair is a GraphQL Client. Prior to version 5.2.5, the Altair GraphQL Client Desktop Application does not sanitize external URLs before passing them to the underlying system. Moreover, Altair GraphQL Client also does not isolate the context of the renderer process. This affects versions of the software running on MacOS, Windows, and Linux. Version 5.2.5 fixes this issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 4, 2023 CVE published
September 20, 2024 Record updated