What is CVE-2023-32700?

CVE-2023-32700 is a high-severity vulnerability in Luatex Project, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-05-20.

How severe is CVE-2023-32700?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

RCE in Luatex Project

CVE-2023-32700

LuaTeX before 1.17.0 allows execution of arbitrary shell commands when compiling a TeX file obtained from an untrusted source. This occurs because luatex-core.lua lets the original io.popen be accessed. This also affects TeX Live before 2023 r66984 and MiKTeX before 23.5.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.008 (53.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-32700?: CVE-2023-32700 is a high-severity vulnerability in Luatex Project, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-05-20.
How severe is CVE-2023-32700?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.