CVE-2023-22796

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 76.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-24.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-02-09 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-11-27 15:16Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-01-06

Assigning CNA

hackerone

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
• CWE-1333Inefficient Regular Expression ComplexityBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a58a1f0c5468d46b056ec0b51aacbad56fd08f3abe9a2b2553bfc1acb449e767

• discuss.rubyonrails.orghttps://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-22796-possible-redos-based-dos-vulnerability-in-active-supports-underscore/82116
• www.debian.orgDSA-5372https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5372vendor-advisory
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240202-0009/