CVE-2023-44437: Ashlar Cobalt

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt Uncontrolled Search Path Element Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of various file types. The process loads a library from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. . Was ZDI-CAN-21540.

Affected products

• Ashlar Cobalt: before 12.0.1204.78 (fixed in 12.0.1204.78)

Published 2024-05-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.