CVE-2023-35167 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5) CWE-284 vulnerability in remult. A fix is available for remult — see the affected versions and patch details below.
When setting EntityOptions.apiPrefilter to a function, the filter is not applied to API requests for a resource by Id
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2023-35167.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2023-35167 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 378,156 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
remultnpmDescription
Impact
If you used the apiPrefilter option of the @Entity decorator, by setting it to a function that returns a filter that prevents unauthorized access to data, an attacker who knows the id of an entity instance she is not authorized to access, can gain read, update and delete access to it.
Patches
The issue is fixed in version 0.20.6
Workarounds
Set the apiPrefilter option to a filter object instead of a function.
References
If you're using a minor version < 0.20 and require a patch, please create an issue.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | remult | all versions | 0.20.6npm install remult@0.20.6 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for remult, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update remult to 0.20.6 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2023-35167 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2023-35167 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2023-35167. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2023-35167 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2023-35167 across npm dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.