CVE-2023-23625

Denial of service in HAMT Decoding in go-unixfs

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 9, 2023 at 08:57 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:37 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsGo UnixfsGo Unixfs

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

go-unixfs is an implementation of a unix-like filesystem on top of an ipld merkledag. Trying to read malformed HAMT sharded directories can cause panics and virtual memory leaks. If you are reading untrusted user input, an attacker can then trigger a panic. This is caused by bogus `fanout` parameter in the HAMT directory nodes. Users are advised to upgrade to version 0.4.3 to resolve this issue. Users unable to upgrade should not feed untrusted user data to the decoding functions.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.4.3
Affected range stops below 0.4.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 0.4.3
Affected range stops below 0.4.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400

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