CVE-2023-27320

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

1.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 76.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2023-02-28 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-03-21 20:49Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-02-28

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.2)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-415Double FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ab1683d2e1b0a53c6f0fc245735661bc33978e5021899088a243f476576a5d87

• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/28/1
• www.sudo.wshttps://www.sudo.ws/releases/stable/#1.9.13p2
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20230301 Re: sudo: double free with per-command chroot sudoers ruleshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/01/8mailing-list
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-d2d6ec2a32https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FPLXMRAMXC3BYL4DNKVTK3V6JDMUXZ7B/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-11c9d868cahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X6VW24YGXJYI4NZ5HZPQCF4MCE7766AU/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-cb5df36bebhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/332KN4QI6QXB7NI7SWSJ2EQJKWIILFN6/vendor-advisory
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230413-0009/
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202309-12https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-12vendor-advisory