5.3

CVE-2023-45284: Incorrect detection of reserved device names on Windows in path/filepath

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-45284DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45284CGA-22c7-hh9g-v232
Published 09-11-2023Last modified 03-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-45284 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in go standard library path/filepath. EPSS estimates a 1.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.09%
0%100%
Low · +0.18 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 356
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13491-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13492-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13506-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14076-1SUSE-SU-2023:4469-1SUSE-SU-2023:4470-1

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Timeline

  1. 09-11-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

On Windows, The IsLocal function does not correctly detect reserved device names in some cases. Reserved names followed by spaces, such as "COM1 ", and reserved names "COM" and "LPT" followed by superscript 1, 2, or 3, are incorrectly reported as local. With fix, IsLocal now correctly reports these names as non-local.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.09%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

65%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.18 pp

From 0.90% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Chainguard200 products
  • aactlAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • actions-runner-controllerAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • amassAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • apkoAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • argo-workflowsAll versions (No fix recorded)

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