CVE-2023-6038

HIGHNVD 7.59.3▲
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2023-11-16. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 1.8.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 4%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability exists in the h2o-3 REST API, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the server with the permissions of the user running the h2o-3 instance. This issue affects the default installation and does not require user interaction. The vulnerability can be exploited by making specific GET or POST requests to the ImportFiles and ParseSetup endpoints, respectively. This issue was identified in version 3.40.0.4 of h2o-3.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
9.3(medium)
EPSS
90.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

November 16, 2023

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

References (2)

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
mavenai.h2o:h2o-core—ghsa

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

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
ai.h2o:h2o-core0.1.10 ... 3.8.3.4 (239 versions)——

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 42× 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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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain. Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Nucleihttp/cves/2023/CVE-2023-6038.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2023

    H2O ImportFiles - Local File Inclusion

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-6038?
CVE-2023-6038 is a high vulnerability published on November 16, 2023. A Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability exists in the h2o-3 REST API, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the server with the permissions of the user running the h2o-3 instance. This issue affects the default installation and does not require user interaction.…
When was CVE-2023-6038 disclosed?
CVE-2023-6038 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on November 16, 2023, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2023-6038 actively exploited?
CVE-2023-6038 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 90.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-6038?
CVE-2023-6038 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.3.
How do I remediate CVE-2023-6038?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-6038, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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