CVE-2023-6002 — Log Injection

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MEDIUM

Log Injection

Published Nov 7, 2023

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.40%

Description

YugabyteDB is vulnerable to cross site scripting (XSS) via log injection. Writing invalidated user input to log files can allow an unprivileged attacker to forge log entries or inject malicious content into the logs.

Affected products

Vendor YugabyteDB Product YugabyteDB Default
unaffected
- Version
  2.0.0.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=2.14.13.0, 2.16.7.0, 2.18.3.0
- Version
  2.14.14.0
  Status
  unaffected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  2.16.8.0
  Status
  unaffected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  2.18.4.0
  Status
  unaffected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

YugabyteDB

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
2.0.0.0	affected	<=2.14.13.0, 2.16.7.0, 2.18.3.0
2.14.14.0	unaffected	-
2.16.8.0	unaffected	-
2.18.4.0	unaffected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.40% 0.00405

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00405

Score over time

2023–2026

EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (7 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.40% (0.00405)	32.39th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.40% (0.00405)	32.04th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.20% (0.00200)	40.11th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.06% (0.00063)	29.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 22, 2024	0.05% (0.00046)	16.52th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 16, 2023	0.05% (0.00046)	14.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 8, 2023	0.04% (0.00043)	7.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)