What is CVE-2023-35845?

CVE-2023-35845 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Anaconda Anaconda3, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2023-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2023-35845?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Anaconda Anaconda3

CVE-2023-35845

Anaconda 3 2023.03-1-Linux allows local users to disrupt TLS certificate validation by modifying the cacert.pem file used by the installed pip program. This occurs because many files are installed as world-writable on Linux, ignoring umask, even when these files are installed as root. Miniconda is also affected.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.001 (1.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Anaconda Anaconda3 — versions 2023.03-1
Linux Linux_kernel
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-35845?: CVE-2023-35845 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Anaconda Anaconda3, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2023-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2023-35845?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.