CVE-2023-32668: luatex_project luatex
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-32668 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in luatex_project luatex. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3Timeline
- 11-05-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-11-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
LuaTeX before 1.17.0 allows a document (compiled with the default settings) to make arbitrary network requests. This occurs because full access to the socket library is permitted by default, as stated in the documentation. This also affects TeX Live before 2023 r66984 and MiKTeX before 23.5.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVDNIST5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.37%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
29%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.37% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (tug.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Debian1 product
- texlive-bin< 2022.20220321.62855-5.1+deb12u1 | < 2022.20220321.62855-6
Luatex_project1 product
- luatex≥ 0.27.0, < 1.17.0
Miktex1 product
- miktex≥ 2.9.0, < 23.5
Tug1 product
- tex_live≥ 2009, < 2023
Ubuntu1 product
- texlive-bin< 2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 | < 2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.2+esm1 | < 2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.2 | < 2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.2
5 vendors · 5 products
