What is CVE-2023-32303?

CVE-2023-32303 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Planet, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.2/10. Published 2023-05-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-32303?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Planet

CVE-2023-32303

Planet is software that provides satellite data. The secret file stores the user's Planet API authentication information. It should only be accessible by the user, but before version 2.0.1, its permissions allowed the user's group and non-group to read the file as well. This issue was patched in version 2.0.1. As a workaround, set the secret file permissions to only user read/write by hand.

Published 2023-05-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (15.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 15th percentile — 15.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Planet
Planetlabs Planet-Client-Python — versions < 2.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

github.com/planetlabs/planet-client-python/security/advisories/GHSA-j5fj-rfh6-q… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/planetlabs/planet-client-python/commit/d71415a83119c5e89d7b80d5f940d… (Patch)
github.com/planetlabs/planet-client-python/releases/tag/2.0.1 (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-32303?: CVE-2023-32303 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Planet, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.2/10. Published 2023-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-32303?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.2 out of 10.