# CVE-2023-46277: RUSTSEC-2023-0066 - Vulnerable to privilege escalation using ioctls TIOCSTI and TIOCLINUX

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2023-46277-pleaser-privilege-escalation-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2023-04-29  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2023-46277 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2023-04-29

Vulnerable to privilege escalation using ioctls TIOCSTI and TIOCLINUX

Technologies: [pleaser (crates.io)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/pleaser). Vendors: [crates.io](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/crates-io).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2023-46277 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2023-46277 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2023-46277?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 29 April 2023.

**Which products and versions are affected?** pleaser (crates.io) SEMVER:introduced=0,last_affected=0.5.4, SEMVER:introduced=0.0.0-0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2023-46277?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2023-46277?** Check whether you run pleaser (crates.io) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- pleaser (crates.io) SEMVER:introduced=0,last_affected=0.5.4, SEMVER:introduced=0.0.0-0

## Identifiers

- CVE-2023-46277
- GHSA-cgf8-h3fp-h956
- RUSTSEC-2023-0066

## Related threats

- [RUSTSEC-2021-0104 - File exposure in pleaser](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2021-31153-file-exposure-in-pleaser)
- [RUSTSEC-2021-0101 - Permissions bypass in pleaser](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2021-31155-permissions-bypass-in-pleaser)
- [RUSTSEC-2021-0102 - Permissions bypass in pleaser](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2021-31154-permissions-bypass-in-pleaser)