What is CVE-2023-37788?

CVE-2023-37788 is a high-severity vulnerability in Goproxy Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-07-18.

How severe is CVE-2023-37788?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Goproxy Project

CVE-2023-37788

goproxy v1.1 was discovered to contain an issue which can lead to a Denial of service (DoS) via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2023-07-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Goproxy Project — versions 1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

github.com/elazarl/goproxy (Product)
github.com/elazarl/goproxy/issues/502 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-37788?: CVE-2023-37788 is a high-severity vulnerability in Goproxy Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-07-18.
How severe is CVE-2023-37788?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.