VRT 391,810 CVEs tracked · 15,472 in RASP scope · data as of 32 minutes ago

CVE-2023-26154

5.9 Medium No exploit published

Description

Versions of the package pubnub before 7.4.0; all versions of the package com.pubnub:pubnub; versions of the package pubnub before 6.19.0; all versions of the package github.com/pubnub/go; versions of the package github.com/pubnub/go/v7 before 7.2.0; versions of the package pubnub before 7.3.0; versions of the package pubnub/pubnub before 6.1.0; versions of the package pubnub before 5.3.0; versions of the package pubnub before 0.4.0; versions of the package pubnub/c-core before 4.5.0; versions of the package com.pubnub:pubnub-kotlin before 7.7.0; versions of the package pubnub/swift before 6.2.0; versions of the package pubnub before 5.2.0; versions of the package pubnub before 4.3.0 are vulnerable to Insufficient Entropy via the getKey function, due to inefficient implementation of the AES-256-CBC cryptographic algorithm. The provided encrypt function is less secure when hex encoding and trimming are applied, leaving half of the bits in the key always the same for every encoded message or file. **Note:** In order to exploit this vulnerability, the attacker needs to invest resources in preparing the attack and brute-force the encryption.

CWE-331

Exploitation Status

No public exploit

Nothing published shows this CVE being exploited, which is not the same as ruling it out. nothing published in 2 years.

CVSS E:U

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 0.95% chance in 30 days

Waratek Defense Posture

No exploit published

In RASP's scope with an upstream fix path, but nobody has published a working exploit. That is a statement about what has been published, not a finding that the defect is unreachable or unimportant.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified patch rule
  • Review automated upstream-data
  • Record active
Decided by below-action-threshold : Medium or Low severity, no KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory
Finding This CVE is MEDIUM severity, is not listed in CISA KEV, has no public exploit or PoC in any indexed source, carries no CISA Vulnrichment finding of a demonstrated exploit, and is not part of an Oracle Critical Patch Update. None of the signals that would put it in front of an engineer is present, and the volume of CVEs below that bar is too great to take one at a time, so no rule is written for it. This is a decision about what we act on, not a finding that the CVE is harmless — a patch may well be derivable, and a low-severity defect can still be one link in a longer chain.
Candidate fix https://github.com/pubnub/javascript/commit/fb6cd0417cbb4ba87ea2d5d86a9c94774447e119 : a commit: the change itself

CVSS

5.9 MEDIUM v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 2 metrics

VRT selects the newest version's highest entry and publishes it as cvssScore, newest rather than largest because scores are not comparable across versions, and highest rather than first because the first entry is frequently a CNA placeholder scoring 0.0 over NVD's own analysis.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 5.9 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N report@snyk.io Secondary published
CVSS 3.1 5.9 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N NVD Primary

Affected Software & Releases

☕ Maven Library Packages

Artifact coordinates and fix boundaries from OSV.dev
Package CoordinateIntroducedFixedLast affected
com.pubnub:pubnub-kotlin 0 7.7.0 unbounded
com.pubnub:pubnub 0 none 4.6.5

🖥️ Product CPEs & Version Ranges

6 product(s) over 13 version claims (uncapped)
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected Versions
osv com.pubnub pubnub generic ≤ 4.6.5
osv com.pubnub pubnub-kotlin generic < 7.7.0
nvd pubnub c-core generic < 4.5.0
nvd pubnub kotlin generic < 7.7.0
nvd pubnub pubnub generic < 0.4.0 · ≥ 3.6.4 and < 4.3.0 · ≥ 4.3.1 and < 5.2.0 · ≥ 6.0.0 and < 6.1.0 · ≥ 6.2.0 and < 6.19.0 · ≥ 7.0.0 and < 7.3.0 · < 7.2.0 · ≥ 7.3.1 and < 7.4.0
nvd pubnub swift generic < 6.2.0

References

URLTags
https://github.com/pubnub/javascript/commit/fb6cd0417cbb4ba87ea2d5d86a9c94774447e119 commit
https://github.com/pubnub/go/commit/428517fef5b901db7275d9f5a75eda89a4c28e08 WEB
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-UNMANAGED-PUBNUBCCORE-6098379 WEB
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-SWIFT-PUBNUBSWIFT-6098381 WEB
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUST-PUBNUB-6098378 WEB
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-PUBNUB-6098377 WEB
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PUBNUB-6098375 WEB
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PUB-PUBNUB-6098385 WEB
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PHP-PUBNUBPUBNUB-6098376 WEB
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PUBNUB-5840690 WEB

Timeline

Published 2023-12-06 Last modified 2026-06-17
Published2023-12-06By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.