CVE-2013-3993

What the flaw is

Certain APIs within BigInsights can take invalid input that might allow attackers unauthorized access to read, write, modify, or delete data.

Description as published by CISA. We have not independently reproduced it.

What CISA requires

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

This deadline is binding on US federal civilian agencies under BOD 22-01. It is not a legal deadline for anyone else, but it is a useful urgency signal — CISA sets it by how actively the flaw is being used, not by CVSS.

Public exploit code

3 public repositories referencing this CVE have been catalogued on GitHub. Treat this as a strong signal to prioritise patching, not as a verified working exploit — many such repositories are scanners, write-ups or forks rather than functional code.

• Ostorlab/KEV
• Ostorlab/known_exploited_vulnerbilities_detectors
• fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

Vendor advisories

• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3993

Primary sources

• NVD entry — CVSS score, CPE list and references
• CISA KEV catalog — the source for this page
• CVE Record at cve.org