CVE-2023-38198

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

acme.sh before 3.0.6 runs arbitrary commands from a remote server via eval, as exploited in the wild in June 2023.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-94

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/13/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/issues/4659Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/releases/tag/3.0.6Release Notes
https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-security-policy/c/heXVr8o83YsThird Party Advisory
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36252310Third Party Advisory
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36254093Third Party Advisory
https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/144ygg7/acmesh_runs_arbitrary_commands_from_a_remote/Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/13/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/issues/4659Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/releases/tag/3.0.6Release Notes
https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-security-policy/c/heXVr8o83YsThird Party Advisory
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36252310Third Party Advisory
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36254093Third Party Advisory
https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/144ygg7/acmesh_runs_arbitrary_commands_from_a_remote/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jul 13, 2023
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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