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Advisory record · GHSA-8697-479h-5mfp

Weaviate denial of service vulnerability

CVSS 7.5 HighEPSS 0.021 · 82nd percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 22 Aug 2023, 18:03 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
github.com/weaviate/weaviateGo>=1.20.0, <1.20.6 || >=1.19.0, <1.19.13 || <1.18.61.20.6, 1.19.13, 1.18.6
Identifiers
GHSA-8697-479h-5mfp · CVE-2023-38976 · GO-2023-2017
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-704
Tags
Published
22 Aug 2023
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Weaviate (Go package github.com/weaviate/weaviate) versions below 1.18.6, from 1.19.0 up to but not including 1.19.13, and from 1.20.0 up to but not including 1.20.6 are affected by a type conversion issue that enables denial of service. The source gives few details about the attack conditions. Upgrade to 1.18.6, 1.19.13, or 1.20.6, depending on your release line; no workaround other than upgrading is listed.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.5 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H GitHub Advisory Database
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.021, the 82nd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:16 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:16 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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