CVE-2023-23616

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.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• 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

0.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 51.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2023-01-27 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-03-10 21:19Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-01-16

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Low (CVSS 3.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

207cfc01422369fcf0ff29d59bbf1b9da892f57d627c45ceb05dbeb98b94dde6

• github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/19993
• github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/d5745d34c20c31a221039d8913f33064433003ea
• github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-6xff-p329-9pgf
• github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/3e0cc4a5d9ef44ad902f6985d046ebb32f0a14ee