Security advisory

{
  "id": "698a10dcf531626e0d12ffed5eada0861e0e89a38fc8dc487bd6d0037d3c48af",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-42261",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-42261",
    "summary": "Mobile Security Framework (MobSF) <=v3.7.8 Beta is vulnerable to Insecure Permissions. NOTE: the vendor's position is that authentication is intentionally not implemented because the product is not intended for an untrusted network environment. Use cases requiring authentication could, for example, use a reverse proxy server.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-42261",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-42261",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-42261",
        "GHSA-cc8j-6phr-jv9x",
        "PYSEC-2023-310"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/mobsf/mobile-security-framework-mobsf",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "bb700fa071c8ae8f03ccd5d132bcb8b14473a790"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:opensecurity:mobile_security_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.7.6"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v3.7.6",
            "v3.6.9",
            "v3.6.0",
            "v3.5.0",
            "v3.4.6",
            "v3.4.3",
            "v3.4.0",
            "v3.3.5",
            "v3.3.3",
            "v3.2.9",
            "v3.2.8",
            "v3.2.6",
            "v3.1.1",
            "v3.0.5",
            "v3.0.1",
            "v3.0.0",
            "v2.0.0",
            "v1.1.6",
            "v1.1.5",
            "v1.0.3Beta",
            "v0.9.5.5",
            "v0.9.5.4",
            "v0.9.5.2",
            "v0.9.5",
            "v0.9.4.2",
            "v0.9.4.1",
            "v0.9.4",
            "v0.9.3.7",
            "v0.9.3.6",
            "v0.9.3.5",
            "v0.9.3.3",
            "v0.9.3.2",
            "v0.9.3.1",
            "v0.9.3",
            "v0.9.2",
            "0.9.1",
            "0.9",
            "0.8.8.2",
            "0.8.8.1",
            "0.8.8",
            "0.8.7",
            "0.8.6",
            "0.8.5",
            "0.8.4",
            "0.8.3"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-42261.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:40.691874223Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/MobSF/Mobile-Security-Framework-MobSF/blob/abb47659a19ac772765934f184c65fe16cb3bee7/docker-compose.yml#L30-L31",
        "https://github.com/woshinibaba222/hack16/blob/main/Unauthorized%20Access%20to%20MobSF.md",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/42xxx/CVE-2023-42261.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42261",
        "https://github.com/MobSF/Mobile-Security-Framework-MobSF/issues/1211",
        "https://github.com/MobSF/Mobile-Security-Framework-MobSF/issues/748"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "isDisputed": true,
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/42xxx/CVE-2023-42261.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-42261",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 507916,
  "published_at": "2023-09-21T00:00:00+00:00"
}