CVE-2023-4853
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
8.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
1.4%
71.9th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-863
Published 2023-09-20 · modified 2026-08-04
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | H | High |
| Privileges Required | N | None |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2023-09-20 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-04 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
A flaw was found in Quarkus where HTTP security policies are not sanitizing certain character permutations correctly when accepting requests, resulting in incorrect evaluation of permissions. This issue could allow an attacker to bypass the security policy altogether, resulting in unauthorized endpoint access and possibly a denial of service.
Affected
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5170
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5310
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5337
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5446
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5479
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5480
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6107
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6112
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7653
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4853
- exploit https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2023-002
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2238034
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5170
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5310
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5337
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5446
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5479
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5480
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6107
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6112
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7653
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4853
- exploit https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2023-002
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2238034