Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-28628

medium Nessus Plugin ID 262268

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- lambdaisland/uri is a pure Clojure/ClojureScript URI library. In versions prior to 1.14.120 `authority- regex` allows an attacker to send malicious URLs to be parsed by the `lambdaisland/uri` and return the wrong authority. This issue is similar to but distinct from CVE-2020-8910. The regex in question doesn't handle the backslash (`\`) character in the username correctly, leading to a wrong output. ex. a payload of `https://example.com\\@google.com` would return that the host is `google.com`, but the correct host should be `example.com`. Given that the library returns the wrong authority this may be abused to bypass host restrictions depending on how the library is used in an application. Users are advised to upgrade.
There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. (CVE-2023-28628)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 262268

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2023_28628.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/10/2025

Updated: 4/7/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28628

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lambdaisland-uri-clojure, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lambdaisland-uri-clojure, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28628

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