Vulnerability · Published Sep 14, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-36250
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity injection in the hamster-time-tracker package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 51.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
CSV Injection vulnerability in GNOME time tracker version 3.0.2, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted .tsv file when creating a new record.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | hamster-time-tracker | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-36250 |
| Debian:13 | hamster-time-tracker | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-36250 |
| Debian:14 | hamster-time-tracker | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-36250 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | hamster-time-tracker | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-36250 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | hamster-time-tracker | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-36250 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | hamster-time-tracker | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-36250 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | hamster-time-tracker | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-36250 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | hamster-time-tracker | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-36250 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-74 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H