CVE-2023-22460
Protocol Go-Ipld-Prime
go-ipld-prime is an implementation of the InterPlanetary Linked Data (IPLD) spec interfaces, a batteries-included codec implementations of IPLD for CBOR and JSON, and tooling for basic operations on IPLD objects. Encoding data which contains a Bytes kind Node will pass a Bytes token to the JSON encoder which will panic as it doesn't expect to receive Bytes tokens. Such an encode should be treated as an error, as plain JSON should not be able to encode Bytes. This only impacts uses of the `json` codec. `dag-json` is not impacted. Use of `json` as a decoder is not impacted. This issue is fixed in v0.19.0. As a workaround, one may prefer the `dag-json` codec, which has the ability to encode bytes.
Exploitation status
- A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.
What the metrics mean
- It is reachable over a network, without needing local access.
- For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
- To exploit it, no account is needed.
- Beyond that, no action by a user is required.
Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.5 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Assigned by
- security-advisories@github.com
Dates
- Published
- 2023-01-04
- Last modified
- 2026-08-27
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Protocol Go-Ipld-Prime- 0.19.0
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.
References
- https://github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/pull/472
- https://github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/releases/tag/v0.19.0
- https://github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/security/advisories/GHSA-c653-6hhg-9x92
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/27/1
- https://github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/pull/472
- https://github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/releases/tag/v0.19.0
- https://github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/security/advisories/GHSA-c653-6hhg-9x92