{"id":"CVE-2023-43687","aliases":["EUVD-2023-48068","GHSA-9qvx-9g6p-7vfw"],"status":"published","title":"An issue was discovered in Malwarebytes before 4.6.14.326 and before 5.1.5.116 (and Nebula 2020...","description":"An issue was discovered in Malwarebytes before 4.6.14.326 and before 5.1.5.116 (and Nebula 2020-10-21 and later). There is a Race condition that leads to code execution because of a lack of locks between file verification and execution.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"adp","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.0027,"percentile":0.19377,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-421"],"published":"2025-08-14T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:26:12Z","references":[{"url":"https://www.malwarebytes.com/secure/cves/cve-2023-43687"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43687"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9qvx-9g6p-7vfw"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-43687","description":"An issue was discovered in Malwarebytes before 4.6.14.326 and before 5.1.5.116 (and Nebula 2020-10-21 and later). There is a Race condition that leads to code execution because of a lack of locks between file verification and execution.","status":"published","published":"2025-08-14T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-08-15T16:39:55.739Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"adp"}],"cwes":["CWE-421"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:14.633899Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-48068","description":"An issue was discovered in Malwarebytes before 4.6.14.326 and before 5.1.5.116 (and Nebula 2020-10-21 and later). There is a Race condition that leads to code execution because of a lack of locks between file verification and execution.","status":"published","published":"2025-08-14T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-08-15T16:39:55Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:31:56.690534Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-9qvx-9g6p-7vfw","title":"An issue was discovered in Malwarebytes before 4.6.14.326 and before 5.1.5.116 (and Nebula 2020...","description":"An issue was discovered in Malwarebytes before 4.6.14.326 and before 5.1.5.116 (and Nebula 2020-10-21 and later). There is a Race condition that leads to code execution because of a lack of locks between file verification and execution.","status":"published","published":"2025-08-14T18:31:30Z","modified":"2025-08-15T18:32:15Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-421"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:03:19.214105Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-43687","description":"An issue was discovered in Malwarebytes before 4.6.14.326 and before 5.1.5.116 (and Nebula 2020-10-21 and later). There is a Race condition that leads to code execution because of a lack of locks between file verification and execution.","status":"published","published":"2025-08-14T18:15:26.27Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:26:12.6Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-421"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:09:21.774456Z"}]}}