What is CVE-2023-5573?

CVE-2023-5573 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vrite, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-10-13.

How severe is CVE-2023-5573?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Vrite

CVE-2023-5573

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitHub repository vriteio/vrite prior to 0.3.0.

Published 2023-10-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (43.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 43.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Vrite
Vriteio Vriteio/vrite — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

huntr.dev/bounties/46a2bb2c-712a-4008-a147-b862e3af7d72 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/vriteio/vrite/commit/1877683b932bb33fb20d688e476284b70bb9fe23 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5573?: CVE-2023-5573 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vrite, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-10-13.
How severe is CVE-2023-5573?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.