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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-6019

CVE-2023-6019: 
Ray vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A command injection vulnerability (CVE-2023-6019) was discovered in Ray's cpu_profile URL parameter, allowing attackers to execute operating system commands on the system running the ray dashboard remotely without requiring authentication. The vulnerability was disclosed on November 16, 2023, and affects Ray versions prior to 2.8.1+ (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as OS Command Injection (CWE-78) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating the highest severity level. The attack vector is network-accessible (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), requires no privileges (PR:N) or user interaction (UI:N), and can result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the system running the Ray dashboard. This could lead to complete system compromise, including unauthorized access to sensitive data, system modification, and potential service disruption (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users are advised to upgrade to Ray version 2.8.1 or later which contains the fix for this vulnerability (NVD).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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