PT-2023-28696 · Gnome+1 · Gnome Maps+1

Michael Evans · CVE-2023-43091 · Published 2023-09-18 · Updated 2025-08-06

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNOME Maps (affected versions not specified)

Description A flaw was found in GNOME Maps, making it vulnerable to a code injection attack via its service.json configuration file. If the configuration file is malicious, it may execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-43091

Affected Products

Debian

Gnome Maps

References · 17

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/43xxx/CVE-2023-43091.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/issues/588 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43091 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-43091 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-43091 · Vendor Advisory
• https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/commit/d26cd774d524404ef7784e6808f551de83de4bea · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-43091 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43091 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-43091 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-43091 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2239091 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1858132757483851930 · Twitter Post
• https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/101942 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/11261 · Telegram Post