Security advisory

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  "id": "d7dc74a351f645e2bd94aff5c148e115c7653ce7fbe5cde927dc634d36b16314",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38997",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-38997",
    "summary": "A directory traversal vulnerability in the Captive Portal templates of OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary system commands as root via a crafted ZIP archive.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-38997",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-38997",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-38997"
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      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/opnsense/core",
              "type": "GIT",
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                  "introduced": "0"
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                  "fixed": "497e46956ae0251273189a9ea59dc5128af9e1d9"
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                  "fixed": "448762d440b51574f1906c0ec2f5ea6dc4f16eb2"
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:opnsense:opnsense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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          "versions": [
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            "23.7.a",
            "23.1.r",
            "23.1.b",
            "23.1.a",
            "22.7.r",
            "22.7.b",
            "22.7.a",
            "22.1.r",
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            "21.7.r",
            "21.7.b",
            "21.7.a",
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            "21.1.b",
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            "20.7.r",
            "20.7.b",
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            "20.1.r",
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            "20.1.a",
            "19.7.r",
            "19.7.b",
            "19.7.a",
            "19.1.r",
            "19.1.b",
            "19.1.a",
            "18.7.r",
            "18.7.b",
            "18.7.a",
            "18.1.r",
            "18.1.b",
            "18.1.a",
            "17.7.r",
            "17.7.b",
            "17.7.a",
            "17.1.r",
            "17.1.b",
            "17.1.a",
            "16.7.r",
            "16.7.b",
            "16.7.a",
            "15.7",
            "15.1.12",
            "15.1.11.4",
            "15.1.11.3",
            "15.1.11.2",
            "15.1.11.1",
            "15.1.11",
            "15.1.10.2",
            "15.1.10",
            "15.1.9.2",
            "15.1.9.1",
            "15.1.9",
            "15.1.8.4",
            "15.1.8.3",
            "15.1.8.2",
            "15.1.8.1",
            "15.1.8",
            "15.1.7.2",
            "15.1.7.1",
            "15.1.7",
            "15.1.6.1",
            "15.1.6",
            "15.1.5",
            "15.1.4",
            "15.1.3",
            "15.1.2",
            "15.1.1",
            "15.1"
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-38997.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:22.328806971Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38997.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38997",
        "https://github.com/opnsense/core/commit/448762d440b51574f1906c0ec2f5ea6dc4f16eb2",
        "https://logicaltrust.net/blog/2023/08/opnsense.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "fixed": "23.4.2"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "DESCRIPTION"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
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      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-38997",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 488595,
  "published_at": "2023-08-09T00:00:00+00:00"
}