CVE-2023-4138
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in ikus060/rdiffweb
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.8.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in ikus060/rdiffweb
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.8.0.
- Record
CVE-2023-4138- CVSS 3.0
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-2376
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.8.0.
- Record
EUVD-2023-2376- CVSS 3.0
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wwrg-2w5j-grvx
RDiffWeb vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.8.0.
- Record
GHSA-wwrg-2w5j-grvx- CVSS 3.0
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.8.0.
- Record
CVE-2023-4138- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.0
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in ikus060/rdiffweb
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.8.0.
- Record
CVE-2023-4138- CVSS 3.0
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-wwrg-2w5j-grvx
RDiffWeb vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.8.0.
- Record
GHSA-wwrg-2w5j-grvx- CVSS 3.0
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2026-1863
RDiffWeb vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.8.0.
- Record
PYSEC-2026-1863- CVSS 3.0
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
rdiffwebPyPI |
before 2.8.1 | 2.8.1 |
rdiffwebPyPI |
before 2.8.1, plus listed versions 0.10.00.10.20.10.30.10.40.10.5 Show 45 moreShow less0.10.60.10.70.10.80.10.90.9.2.dev10.9.30.9.40.9.51.0.01.0.0a11.0.0a21.0.0a31.0.0a41.0.11.0.21.0.31.1.01.2.01.2.11.2.21.3.01.3.11.3.1b11.3.1b21.3.21.4.01.4.0b11.4.0b21.4.0b31.4.0b41.4.0b51.4.1b11.4.1b21.4.1b31.5.01.5.1b11.5.1b21.6.0b12.0.1b22.0.1b32.0.22.0.3a12.0.3a22.0.3a32.0.3a4 |
2.8.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-4138 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.2) in Ikus-soft Rdiffweb, published August 3, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.45%, the 39th percentile. Fixed in rdiffweb 2.8.1.
References
huntr.dev/bounties/1b1fa915-d588-4bb1-9e82-6a6be79befed
github.com/ikus060/rdiffweb/commit/feef0d7b11d86aed29bf98c21526088117964d85
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4138
pypi.org/project/rdiffweb
Left out here: 69 versions. The JSON record has them.