octokit/webhooks is a GitHub webhook events toolset for Node.js. Starting in 9.26.0 and prior to 9.26.3, 10.9.2, 11.1.2, and 12.0.4, there is a problem caused by an issue with error handling in the @octokit/webhooks library because the error can be undefined in some cases. The resulting request was found to cause an uncaught exception that ends the nodejs process. The bug is fixed in octokit/webhooks.js 9.26.3, 10.9.2, 11.1.2, and 12.0.4, app.js 14.02, octokit.js 3.1.2, and Protobot 12.3.3.
CVE-2023-50728
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.4 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.5%, top 35% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. 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).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 5.4(medium)
- EPSS
- 50.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 15, 2023
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (16)
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/octokit/app.js/releases/tag/v14.0.2
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/octokit/octokit.js/releases/tag/v3.1.2
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/octokit/webhooks.js/releases/tag/v10.9.2
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/octokit/webhooks.js/releases/tag/v11.1.2
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/octokit/webhooks.js/releases/tag/v12.0.4
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/octokit/webhooks.js/releases/tag/v9.26.3
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/octokit/webhooks.js/security/advisories/GHSA-pwfr-8pq7-x9qv
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/probot/probot/releases/tag/v12.3.3
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/octokit/app.js/releases/tag/v14.0.2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/octokit/octokit.js/releases/tag/v3.1.2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/octokit/webhooks.js/releases/tag/v10.9.2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/octokit/webhooks.js/releases/tag/v11.1.2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/octokit/webhooks.js/releases/tag/v12.0.4
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/octokit/webhooks.js/releases/tag/v9.26.3
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/octokit/webhooks.js/security/advisories/GHSA-pwfr-8pq7-x9qv
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-50728(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | rhdh/rhdh-rhel9-operator:1.1-85 | 2024-03-18 | 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
(4 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(4)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| octokit | — | 3.1.2 | — |
| @octokit/app | 14.0.1 | 14.0.2 | — |
| @octokit/webhooks | — | 12.0.3 | — |
| probot | — | 12.3.3 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 45× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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- 2026-06-24 06:35 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
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- 2026-05-24 11:51 UTCVendor advisory
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