CVE-2023-40828
A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.
- Published2023-08-28
- WeaknessCWE-22
Am I affected?
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Description
An issue in pf4j pf4j v.3.9.0 and before allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information and execute arbitrary code via the expandIfZip method in the extract function.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2023-08-2822:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-40828?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-40828?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD · OSV| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | ≤ 3.9.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | ≤ 3.9.0 | no fix published | OSV |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
Advisories and patches
- github.comPatch
- github.comPatch · Vendor Advisory
- github.comPatch · Vendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Published
- 2023-08-28
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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