Security advisory

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  "id": "fcdecce072313f829bc87ff80cd9c39ef414b6aaa31ca74752c0675ef21000c9",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38198",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-38198",
    "summary": "acme.sh before 3.0.6 runs arbitrary commands from a remote server via eval, as exploited in the wild in June 2023.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-38198",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-38198",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-38198"
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      "affected": [
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "b7caf7a0165d80dd1556b16057a06bb32025066d"
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                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "0"
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                        "fixed": "3.0.6"
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                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "3.0.6"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:acme.sh_project:acme.sh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "3.0.6"
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                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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          "versions": [
            "v3.0.5",
            "3.0.5",
            "3.0.4",
            "3.0.3",
            "3.0.2",
            "3.0.1",
            "3.0.0",
            "2.9.0",
            "2.8.9",
            "2.8.8",
            "2.8.7",
            "2.8.6",
            "2.8.5",
            "2.8.4",
            "2.8.2",
            "2.8.3",
            "2.8.1",
            "2.8.0",
            "2.7.9",
            "2.7.8",
            "2.7.7",
            "2.7.6",
            "2.7.5",
            "2.7.4",
            "2.7.3",
            "2.7.2",
            "2.7.1",
            "v2.6.9",
            "2.6.8",
            "2.6.6",
            "2.6.5",
            "2.6.4",
            "2.6.0",
            "2.5.2",
            "2.3.0",
            "2.2.9",
            "2.0.2",
            "1.2.3",
            "1.2.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-38198.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:22.384353621Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/releases/tag/3.0.6",
        "https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-security-policy/c/heXVr8o83Ys",
        "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36252310",
        "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36254093",
        "https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/144ygg7/acmesh_runs_arbitrary_commands_from_a_remote/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38198.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38198",
        "https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/issues/4659"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38198.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-38198",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 488596,
  "published_at": "2023-07-13T00:00:00+00:00"
}