CVE-2023-5838 — Insufficient Session Expiration in GitHub repository linkstackorg/linkstack prio

Insufficient Session Expiration in GitHub repository linkstackorg/linkstack prior to v4.2.9.

01What is this vulnerability?

Insufficient Session Expiration in GitHub repository linkstackorg/linkstack prior to v4.2.9.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
linkstackorg	linkstackorg/linkstack	unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-10-29T00:00:20.232Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-06T19:34:28.078Z

09References

• huntr.com — https://huntr.com/bounties/8f6feca3-386d-4897-801c-39b9e3e5eb03
• github.com — https://github.com/linkstackorg/linkstack/commit/02f620092255f07e1d0252a0190fd42…