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CVE-2023-40580
Freighter mnemonic phrase may be accessed by Javascript through a private API
High8.1EPSS 0.82%
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- GitHub_M
Description
Freighter is a Stellar chrome extension. It may be possible for a malicious website to access the recovery mnemonic phrase when the Freighter wallet is unlocked. This vulnerability impacts access control to the mnemonic recovery phrase. This issue was patched in version 5.3.1.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.82% · top 43% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
References (3)
- https://github.com/stellar/freighter/security/advisories/GHSA-vqr6-hwg2-775w (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/stellar/freighter/pull/948 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/stellar/freighter/commit/81f78ba008c41ce631a3d0f9e4449f4bbd90baee (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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