Freighter mnemonic phrase may be accessed by Javascript through a private API
CVE-2023-40580

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

stellar

Status
freighter
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 August 2023

What is CVE-2023-40580?

Freighter is a Stellar chrome extension. It may be possible for a malicious website to access the recovery mnemonic phrase when the Freighter wallet is unlocked. This vulnerability impacts access control to the mnemonic recovery phrase. This issue was patched in version 5.3.1.

Affected Version(s)

freighter < 5.3.1

References

https://github.com/stellar/freighter/security/advisories/...
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https://github.com/stellar/freighter/pull/948
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https://github.com/stellar/freighter/commit/81f78ba008c41...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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