CVE-2023-4785

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7.5 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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ack 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.

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33656 Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33667 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33669 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33670 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33672 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33656 Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33667 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33669 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33670 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33672 Issue Tracking
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:grpc:grpc:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:grpc:grpc:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:grpc:grpc:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:grpc:grpc:1.56.0:*:*:*:*:-:*:*
History

12 Jan 2026, 16:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary (en) 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.  (en) 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.

21 Nov 2024, 08:35

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33656 - Issue Tracking, Patch () https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33656 - Issue Tracking, Patch
References () https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33667 - Issue Tracking () https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33667 - Issue Tracking
References () https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33669 - Issue Tracking () https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33669 - Issue Tracking
References () https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33670 - Issue Tracking () https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33670 - Issue Tracking
References () https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33672 - Issue Tracking () https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33672 - Issue Tracking
Information

Published : 2023-09-13 17:15

Updated : 2026-01-12 16:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-4785

Mitre link : CVE-2023-4785

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-4785

JSON object : View

Products Affected

grpc

CWE
CWE-248

Uncaught Exception

NVD-CWE-noinfo