Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-33983 - Missing Authorization vulnerability in Briarproject Briar

047910
CVSS 7.4 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
NONE
network
high complexity
briarproject
CWE-862

Summary

The Introduction Client in Briar through 1.5.3 does not implement out-of-band verification for the public keys of introducees. An introducer can launch man-in-the-middle attacks against later private communication between two introduced parties.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)