MediumFix available
nsis — security advisory
Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) before 3.09 mishandles access control for an uninstaller directory.
- Products
- nsis
- Affected versions
- 3.08-3
- Fixed versions
- 3.08-3+deb12u1, 3.09-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-37378
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 15:29 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) before 3.09 mishandles access control for an uninstaller directory.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37378
nsis
Fixed versions: 3.08-3+deb12u1
nsis
Fixed versions: 3.09-1
nsis
Fixed versions: 3.09-1
Complete source record
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"id": "8e0a8637816cd98ebdc0a842f539b9301bf7e27e4c6050c2469f891196ab12eb",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37378",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37378",
"summary": "Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) before 3.09 mishandles access control for an uninstaller directory.",
"evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37378",
"products": [
{
"name": {
"value": "nsis",
"evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "3.08-3+deb12u1",
"evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": [
{
"value": "3.08-3",
"evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
}
]
},
{
"name": {
"value": "nsis",
"evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "3.09-1",
"evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
},
{
"name": {
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"evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
},
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}
],
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}
],
"severity": "medium",
"structured": {
"id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37378",
"aliases": [
"DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37378"
],
"metrics": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
}
],
"affected": [
{
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"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
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}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "nsis",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/nsis?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
"ecosystem": "Debian:12"
},
"versions": [
"3.08-3"
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37378.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.09-1"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "nsis",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/nsis?arch=source&distro=trixie",
"ecosystem": "Debian:13"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37378.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.09-1"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "nsis",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/nsis?arch=source&distro=forky",
"ecosystem": "Debian:14"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37378.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-26T18:00:47.136216507Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2023-37378"
],
"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-37378"
]
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2023-37378",
"evidence": "/upstream"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 455177,
"published_at": "2023-07-03T20:15:09.62+00:00"
}