CVE-2023-3891 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Race condition in Lapce v0.2.8 allows an attacker to elevate privileges on the system

Published: 2023-09-15

Score: 7.3 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Lapce

Lapce

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0.2.8`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lapce:lapce:0.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-44519	Race condition in Lapce v0.2.8 allows an attacker to elevate privileges on the system

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00065.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/aerosmith
https://github.com/lapce/lapce/releases/tag/v0.3.0
https://lapce.dev

History

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://github.com/lapce/lapce/releases/tag/v0.3.0

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Lapce Lapce

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Fluid Attacks

Published: 2023-09-15T02:07:22.888Z

Updated: 2025-09-25T17:22:26.081Z

Reserved: 2023-07-24T17:48:57.293Z

Link: CVE-2023-3891

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:08:50.656Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-15T03:15:08.803

Modified: 2025-09-25T18:15:36.460

Link: CVE-2023-3891

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-367

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