Security advisory

{
  "id": "0e962a48f842758c37a46220b82e16d722c925aa1b9de66547bfd9dcf4d164be",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40453",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-40453",
    "summary": "Docker Machine through 0.16.2 allows an attacker, who has control of a worker node, to provide crafted version data, which might potentially trick an administrator into performing an unsafe action (via escape sequence injection), or might have a data size that causes a denial of service to a bastion node. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-40453",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-40453",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-40453"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/docker-archive-public/docker.machine",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "bd45ab13d88c32a3dd701485983354514abc41fa"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.16.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:docker:machine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.16.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v0.16.2",
            "docs-v0.8.2-2016-09-26",
            "docs-v0.8.0-2016-07-28",
            "docs-v0.8.0-rc2-2016-06-23",
            "v0.7.0",
            "v0.7.0-rc3",
            "v0.7.0-rc2",
            "v0.6.0-rc4",
            "v0.6.0-rc3",
            "v0.6.0-rc1",
            "v0.5.4",
            "v0.5.3",
            "v0.5.2",
            "v0.5.1",
            "v0.5.0-rc4",
            "v0.5.0",
            "v0.5.0-rc3",
            "v0.5.0-rc2",
            "v0.5.0-rc1",
            "v0.3.0-rc1",
            "v0.2.0-rc2",
            "v0.2.0-rc1",
            "v0.1.0",
            "v0.1.0-rc5",
            "v0.1.0-rc4",
            "v0.1.0-rc3",
            "v0.1.0-rc2",
            "v0.1.0-rc1",
            "0.0.2",
            "0.0.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-40453.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:40.367521832Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/1916285",
        "https://vin01.github.io/piptagole/docker/security/gitlab/docker-machine/2023/07/07/docker-machine-attack-surface.html",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/40xxx/CVE-2023-40453.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40453",
        "https://github.com/docker/machine/releases"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/40xxx/CVE-2023-40453.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-40453",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 507996,
  "published_at": "2023-08-14T00:00:00+00:00"
}