Croc up to 9.6.5 Custom Shared Secret privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Croc up to 9.6.5. This affects an unknown function of the component Custom Shared Secret. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-43617. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Croc up to 9.6.5 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Custom Shared Secret. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Croc through 9.6.5. When a custom shared secret is used, the sender and receiver may divulge parts of this secret to an untrusted Relay, as part of composing a room name.

The weakness was disclosed 09/20/2023 as 596. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-43617. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-2524). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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NVD Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/20/2023 🔍
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09/10/2025 +721 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 596
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-43617 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-43617
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-240017
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 09/20/2023 09:43
Updated: 09/10/2025 15:18
Changes: 09/20/2023 09:43 (35), 10/13/2023 10:42 (1), 10/13/2023 10:48 (11), 09/25/2024 04:25 (15), 09/10/2025 15:18 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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