CVE-2023-23916

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• 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

1.70% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 75.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

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

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

2023-02-23 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-03-12 18:25Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-01-19

Assigning CNA

hackerone

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

fe4d3cd4fa17769f25305885179eb260bcffd6b3b5e6a42688bfa3eb8302b3a0

• hackerone.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/1826048
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20230224 [SECURITY] [DLA 3341-1] curl security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00035.htmlmailing-list
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-94df30cbechttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQKE6TXYDHOTFHLTBZ5X73GTKI7II5KO/vendor-advisory
• www.debian.orgDSA-5365https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5365vendor-advisory
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230309-0006/
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202310-12https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-12vendor-advisory