What is CVE-2023-38673?

CVE-2023-38673 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Paddlepaddle, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2023-07-26.

How severe is CVE-2023-38673?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.

RCE in Paddlepaddle

CVE-2023-38673

PaddlePaddle before 2.5.0 has a command injection in fs.py. This resulted in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the operating system.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2023-07-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.6 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.023 (82.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Paddlepaddle — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/security/advisory/pdsa-2023-005.md (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-38673?: CVE-2023-38673 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Paddlepaddle, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2023-07-26.
How severe is CVE-2023-38673?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.