{"id":"CVE-2023-43364","aliases":["GHSA-66m2-493m-crh2","PYSEC-2023-262"],"title":"Searchor CLI's Search vulnerable to Arbitrary Code using Eval","summary":"Searchor CLI's Search vulnerable to Arbitrary Code using Eval","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","vendor":"searchor","product":"searchor","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["searchor < 2.4.2"],"patched":["searchor 2.4.2"],"published":"2023-09-25","updated":"2026-07-08","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-66m2-493m-crh2","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/ArjunSharda/Searchor/security/advisories/GHSA-66m2-493m-crh2"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43364"},{"url":"https://github.com/ArjunSharda/Searchor/pull/130"},{"url":"https://github.com/ArjunSharda/Searchor/commit/16016506f7bf92b0f21f51841d599126d6fcd15b"},{"url":"https://github.com/ArjunSharda/Searchor"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-66m2-493m-crh2"},{"url":"https://github.com/nexis-nexis/Searchor-2.4.0-POC-Exploit-"},{"url":"https://github.com/nikn0laty/Exploit-for-Searchor-2.4.0-Arbitrary-CMD-Injection"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/searchor/PYSEC-2023-262.yaml"}],"tags":["osv","pip","exploit-available"],"epss":0.02565,"epssPercentile":0.84364,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:46.296Z","exploits":{"github":2,"githubRepos":["https://github.com/libertycityhacker/CVE-2023-43364-Exploit-CVE","https://github.com/Herick-Costa/CVE-2023-43364-Searchor-RCE-Exploit"],"checkedAt":"2026-09-21T15:25:55.942Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"slug":"CVE-2023-43364","body":"## Overview\n\n An issue in Arjun Sharda's Searchor before version v.2.4.2 allows an attacker to\n execute arbitrary code via a crafted script to the eval() function in Searchor's src/searchor/main.py file, affecting the search feature in Searchor's CLI (Command Line Interface).\n\n### Impact\nVersions equal to, or below 2.4.1 are affected.\n\n### Patches\nVersions above, or equal to 2.4.2 have patched the vulnerability.\n\n### References\nhttps://github.com/nikn0laty/Exploit-for-Searchor-2.4.0-Arbitrary-CMD-Injection\nhttps://github.com/nexis-nexis/Searchor-2.4.0-POC-Exploit-\nhttps://github.com/jonnyzar/POC-Searchor-2.4.2\nhttps://github.com/ArjunSharda/Searchor/pull/130\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `searchor < 2.4.2`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `searchor 2.4.2`","depth":"abyssal","depthScore":66,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0.5,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":4663,"id":"CVE-2023-43364","ts":1788887197598,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"},{"seq":3546,"id":"CVE-2023-43364","ts":1788886313709,"field":"exploit_available","old":"true","new":"false"},{"seq":2400,"id":"CVE-2023-43364","ts":1788882982993,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"},{"seq":1429,"id":"CVE-2023-43364","ts":1788882395915,"field":"exploit_available","old":"true","new":"false"},{"seq":543,"id":"CVE-2023-43364","ts":1788881832240,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}