CVE-2023-43803: Arduino Create Agent

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Arduino Create Agent is a package to help manage Arduino development. This vulnerability affects the endpoint `/v2/pkgs/tools/installed` and the way it handles plugin names supplied as user input. A user who has the ability to perform HTTP requests to the localhost interface, or is able to bypass the CORS configuration, can delete arbitrary files or folders belonging to the user that runs the Arduino Create Agent via a crafted HTTP POST request. This issue has been addressed in version `1.3.3`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Arduino Create Agent: before 1.3.3 (fixed in 1.3.3)

Published 2023-10-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.