CVE-2023-28356 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A vulnerability has been identified where a maliciously crafted message containing a specific chain of characters can cause the chat to enter a hot loop on one of the processes, consuming ~120% CPU and rendering the service unresponsive.

Published: 2023-05-11

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

Rocket.Chat

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`This issue has been fixed in version 6.0> and is backported for the supported versions. Check this document for more info: https://docs.rocket.chat/resources/get-support/enterprise-support#rocket.chat-versions`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:rocket.chat:rocket.chat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-32054	A vulnerability has been identified where a maliciously crafted message containing a specific chain of characters can cause the chat to enter a hot loop on one of the processes, consuming ~120% CPU and rendering the service unresponsive.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00267.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://hackerone.com/reports/1461340

History

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-770
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Rocket.chat Rocket.chat

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published: 2023-05-11T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-27T16:57:01.216Z

Reserved: 2023-03-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-28356

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:38:24.718Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-11T22:15:09.887

Modified: 2025-01-27T17:15:11.420

Link: CVE-2023-28356

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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