An issue was discovered in PostCSS before 8.4.31. The vulnerability affects linters using PostCSS to parse external untrusted CSS. An attacker can prepare CSS in such a way that it will contains parts parsed by PostCSS as a CSS comment. After processing by PostCSS, it will be included in the PostCSS output in CSS nodes (rules, properties) despite being included in a comment.
CVE-2023-44270
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.3 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 1.0% (60th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 5.3MEDIUMmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 39EG Risk 39/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity53% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 1.0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 60th
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
September 29, 2023
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (9)
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/github/advisory-database/issues/2820
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/postcss/postcss/blob/main/lib/tokenize.js#L25
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/postcss/postcss/commit/58cc860b4c1707510c9cd1bc1fa30b423a9ad6c5
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/postcss/postcss/releases/tag/8.4.31
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/github/advisory-database/issues/2820
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/postcss/postcss/blob/main/lib/tokenize.js#L25
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/postcss/postcss/commit/58cc860b4c1707510c9cd1bc1fa30b423a9ad6c5
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/postcss/postcss/releases/tag/8.4.31
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00025.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-44270(14)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- CVE-2023-44270Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)Medium
An issue was discovered in PostCSS before 8.4.31. The vulnerability affects linters using PostCSS to parse external untrusted CSS. An attacker can prepare CSS in such a way that it will contains parts parsed by PostCSS as a CSS comment. After processing by PostCSS, it will be included in the PostCSS output in CSS nodes (rules, properties) despite being included in a comment.
- RHSA-2025:3069Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Errata Advisory for Red Hat OpenShift GitOps v1.14.3 security update
- RHSA-2025:2652Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHODF-4.18-RHEL-9 enhancement, bug fix and security update
- RHSA-2025:1866Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHODF-4.14-RHEL-9 security update
- RHSA-2025:1865Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 security update
- RHSA-2025:1829Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHODF-4.16-RHEL-9 security update
- RHSA-2025:1824Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHODF-4.17-RHEL-9 security update
- RHSA-2024:6122Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.18.1 bug fix and security update
- +6 more
Patch Availability(11)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | openshift-gitops-1/must-gather-rhel8:v1.14.3-4 | 2025-03-20 | redhat |
| redhat | odf4/odf-multicluster-console-rhel9:v4.18.0-64 | 2025-03-11 | redhat |
| redhat | odf4/odf-multicluster-console-rhel9:v4.14.16-2 | 2025-02-26 | redhat |
| redhat | odf4/odf-multicluster-console-rhel9:v4.15.12-1 | 2025-02-26 | redhat |
| redhat | odf4/odf-multicluster-console-rhel9:v4.17.5-2 | 2025-02-25 | redhat |
| redhat | odf4/odf-multicluster-console-rhel9:v4.16.8-1 | 2025-02-25 | redhat |
| redhat | discovery/discovery-ui-rhel9:1.12.0-1 | 2025-02-10 | redhat |
| redhat | devspaces/dashboard-rhel9:3.18-10 | 2025-02-03 | redhat |
| redhat | openshift4/ose-networking-console-plugin-rhel9:v4.17.0-202501150934.p0.g0244dff.assembly.stream.el9 | 2025-01-28 | redhat |
| redhat | openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel8:1.73.17-1 | 2024-12-10 | redhat |
| redhat | openshift4/nmstate-console-plugin-rhel9:v4.17.0-202411261204.p0.gbc40e56.assembly.stream.el9 | 2024-12-03 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| node-postcss | 8.2.1+~cs5.3.23-8 |
| — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| node-postcss | 8.4.20+~cs8.0.23-1 |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| node-postcss | — |
| — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| node-postcss | — |
| — |
npm(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| postcss | — |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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