What is CVE-2023-1712?

CVE-2023-1712 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Deepset Haystack, classified under Use of Hard-coded, Security-relevant Constants. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-03-30.

How severe is CVE-2023-1712?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Deepset Haystack

CVE-2023-1712

Use of Hard-coded, Security-relevant Constants in GitHub repository deepset-ai/haystack prior to 0.1.30.

Published 2023-03-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Deepset Haystack
Deepset-Ai Deepset-Ai/haystack — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-547 — Use of Hard-coded, Security-relevant Constants

References

huntr.dev/bounties/9a6b1fb4-ec9b-4cfa-af1e-9ce304924829 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/commit/5fc84904f198de661d5b933fde756aa922bf09f1 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1712?: CVE-2023-1712 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Deepset Haystack, classified under Use of Hard-coded, Security-relevant Constants. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2023-1712?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.