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CVE-2023-1712
Vulnerability in farm-haystack (CVE-2023-1712)
Summary
vulnerability in farm-haystack (CVE-2023-1712). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2023-1712** has been found in farm-haystack.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "farm-haystack CVE-2023-1712" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2023-1712 (farm-haystack) — CWE-547 /
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-547) exists in farm-haystack.
📍 Affected scope
farm-haystack — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover
🔧 How to fix
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'farm-haystack' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'farm-haystack' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `farm-haystack` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
farm-haystack
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"1.15.0"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1712
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w7qg-j435-78qw
- package https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack
- package https://pypi.org/project/farm-haystack
- web https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/pull/4535
- web https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/commit/5fc84904f198de661d5b933fde756aa922bf09f1
- web https://huntr.dev/bounties/9a6b1fb4-ec9b-4cfa-af1e-9ce304924829