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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2023-36659 json

An issue was discovered in OPSWAT MetaDefender KIOSK 4.6.1.9996.

published 2023-09-15 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-40603

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in OPSWAT MetaDefender KIOSK 4.6.1.9996. Long inputs were not properly processed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of communication).

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% 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

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

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.