VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-4785

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.77%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-09-13
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Lack of error handling in the TCP server in Google's gRPC starting version 1.23 on posix-compatible platforms (ex. Linux) allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by initiating a significant number of connections with the server. Note that gRPC C++ Python, and Ruby are affected, but gRPC Java, and Go are NOT affected.

Weakness classification

  • cve-coordination@google.com: CWE-248
  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

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