What is CVE-2023-6001?

CVE-2023-6001 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yugabyte Yugabytedb, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-11-08.

How severe is CVE-2023-6001?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Yugabyte Yugabytedb

CVE-2023-6001

Prometheus metrics are available without authentication. These expose detailed and sensitive information about the YugabyteDB Anywhere environment.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2023-11-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (45.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 45.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Yugabyte Yugabytedb
Yugabytedb Anywhere — versions 2.0.0.0, 2.18.4.0, 2.20.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.yugabyte.com/ (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-6001?: CVE-2023-6001 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yugabyte Yugabytedb, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-11-08.
How severe is CVE-2023-6001?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.