FKIE_CVE-2023-40580

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-08-25 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:18
Severity
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Freighter is a Stellar chrome extension. It may be possible for a malicious website to access the recovery mnemonic phrase when the Freighter wallet is unlocked. This vulnerability impacts access control to the mnemonic recovery phrase. This issue was patched in version 5.3.1.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/stellar/freighter/commit/81f78ba008c41ce631a3d0f9e4449f4bbd90baeePatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/stellar/freighter/pull/948Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/stellar/freighter/security/advisories/GHSA-vqr6-hwg2-775wPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/stellar/freighter/commit/81f78ba008c41ce631a3d0f9e4449f4bbd90baeePatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/stellar/freighter/pull/948Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/stellar/freighter/security/advisories/GHSA-vqr6-hwg2-775wPatch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
stellar freighter *
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      "value": "Freighter es una extensi\u00f3n de Stellar para Chrome. Puede ser posible que un sitio web malicioso acceda a la frase mnemot\u00e9cnica de recuperaci\u00f3n cuando se desbloquea el monedero de Freighter. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta al control de acceso a la frase mnemot\u00e9cnica de recuperaci\u00f3n. Este problema fue parcheado en la versi\u00f3n 5.3.1."
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:18:33.700",
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