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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2023-32637 json

GBrowse accepts files with any formats uploaded and places them in the area accessible through unauthenticated web requests.

published 2023-07-25 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-36880

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

GBrowse accepts files with any formats uploaded and places them in the area accessible through unauthenticated web requests. Therefore, anyone who can upload files through the product may execute arbitrary code on the server.

Patch / fix

  • gbrowse Debian 13, Debian 12 2.56+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-32637

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Generic Model Organism Database Project GBrowse

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.