Gevent up to 23.9.0 WSGIServer privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Gevent up to 23.9.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component WSGIServer. Performing a manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-41419. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Gevent up to 23.9.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component WSGIServer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue in Gevent before version 23.9.0 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted script to the WSGIServer component.

The weakness was released 09/25/2023 as 1989. The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-41419 since 08/30/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 207969 (RHEL 8 : python-gevent (RHSA-2024:7421)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 23.9.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 2f53c851eaf926767fbac62385615efd4886221c is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (207969). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

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

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Nessus ID: 207969
Nessus Name: RHEL 8 : python-gevent (RHSA-2024:7421)

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Gevent 23.9.1
Patch: 2f53c851eaf926767fbac62385615efd4886221c

Timelineinfo

08/30/2023 🔍
09/25/2023 +26 days 🔍
09/25/2023 +0 days 🔍
11/25/2025 +792 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 1989
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-41419 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-41419
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-240261

Entryinfo

Created: 09/25/2023 15:58
Updated: 11/25/2025 02:34
Changes: 09/25/2023 15:58 (40), 10/14/2023 22:27 (11), 10/02/2024 09:47 (16), 11/25/2025 02:34 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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