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CVE-2023-45813
Vulnerability in torbot (CVE-2023-45813)
Summary
vulnerability in torbot (CVE-2023-45813). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `4.0.0` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2023-45813** has been found in torbot.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade torbot to **4.0.0** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "torbot CVE-2023-45813" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2023-45813 (torbot) — CWE-1333 /
Attack vector: physical / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: `4.0.0` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-1333) exists in torbot.
📍 Affected scope
torbot — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **4.0.0**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'torbot' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'torbot' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `torbot` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade torbot to 4.0.0ステージング環境で 4.0.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
torbot
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References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45813
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-72qw-p7hh-m3ff
- package https://github.com/DedSecInside/TorBot
- package https://pypi.org/project/torbot
- web https://github.com/DedSecInside/TorBot/security/advisories/GHSA-72qw-p7hh-m3ff
- web https://github.com/DedSecInside/TorBot/commit/ef6e06bc7785355b1701d5524eb4550441086ac4
- web https://gist.github.com/ikkebr/6041055314f1cfb8e65b2a1acbaae12c
- web https://github.com/DedSecInside/TorBot/blob/d2b89192379ad033ffc7044efff26e16ccc02d5a/torbot/modules/validators.py#L13