Vulnerability in Composer

CVE-2023-43655

Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. Users publishing a composer.phar to a public web-accessible server where the composer.phar can be executed as a php file may be subject to a remote code execution vulnerability if PHP also has `reg…

EPSS: 0.014 (68.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-43655?
CVE-2023-43655 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Composer, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2023-09-29.
How severe is CVE-2023-43655?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-43655 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.