CVE-2023-25586

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

0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 27.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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

Low. 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

2023-09-14 20:49Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-02-13 16:44Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-02-07

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.7)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-457Use of Uninitialized VariableVariant
• CWE-908Use of Uninitialized ResourceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e16270328ae581f968c4ddd987be641cd1a6dcc3b55df6a30e77ff4a4cefdd02

• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25586vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2167502https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167502issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
• sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29855
• sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5830876a0cca17bef3b2d54908928e72cca53502
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/