Stellarium up to 1.2 path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Stellarium up to 1.2. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-28371. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Stellarium up to 1.2. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-24. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize "../" sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Stellarium through 1.2, attackers can write to files that are typically unintended, such as ones with absolute pathnames or .. directory traversal.

The weakness was shared 03/15/2023 as 1261f74dc4aa6bbd01ab514343424097f8cf46b7. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-28371 since 03/15/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Applying the patch 1261f74dc4aa6bbd01ab514343424097f8cf46b7 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-32067). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-24 / CWE-23 / CWE-22
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Remote: Partially

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Patch: 1261f74dc4aa6bbd01ab514343424097f8cf46b7

Timelineinfo

03/15/2023 🔍
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12/06/2025 +997 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 1261f74dc4aa6bbd01ab514343424097f8cf46b7
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-28371 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-28371
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-223109
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2023 07:06
Updated: 12/06/2025 05:27
Changes: 03/15/2023 07:06 (40), 12/06/2025 05:27 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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