CVE-2023-43608 (GCVE-0-2023-43608)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-05 11:30 – Updated: 2025-11-04 19:25
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A data integrity vulnerability exists in the BR_NO_CHECK_HASH_FOR functionality of Buildroot 2023.08.1 and dev commit 622698d7847. A specially crafted man-in-the-middle attack can lead to arbitrary command execution in the builder.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CWE
- CWE-494 - Download of Code Without Integrity Check
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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