CVE catalog
CVE-2023-1521
sccache: CVE-2023-1521
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.36% · Oct 25, 2026
On Linux the sccache client can execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a local sccache server, by preloading the code in a shared library passed to LD_PRELOAD. If the server is run as root (which is the default when installing the snap package https://snapcraft.io/sccache ), this means a user running the sccache client can get root privileges.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | sccache | sid | 0.17.0+ds-3 | fixed |
| Debian | sccache | forky | 0.17.0+ds-3 | fixed |
| Debian | sccache | trixie | 0.10.0-4 | fixed |
| Debian | sccache | bookworm | 0.4.0~~pre6-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | sccache | source | sid | 0.5.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | sccache | source | forky | 0.5.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | sccache | source | trixie | 0.5.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | sccache | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
Notes
[bookworm] sccache: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2023_2637-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1521]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-1521]
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