The Altair Desktop Client Does Not Sanitize External URLs before passing them to the underlying system
CVE-2023-43799

5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Altair-graphql

Status
Altair
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 October 2023

What is CVE-2023-43799?

Altair is a GraphQL Client. Prior to version 5.2.5, the Altair GraphQL Client Desktop Application does not sanitize external URLs before passing them to the underlying system. Moreover, Altair GraphQL Client also does not isolate the context of the renderer process. This affects versions of the software running on MacOS, Windows, and Linux. Version 5.2.5 fixes this issue.

Affected Version(s)

altair < 5.2.5

References

https://github.com/altair-graphql/altair/security/advisor...
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https://github.com/altair-graphql/altair/releases/tag/v5.2.5
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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