CVE-2023-2854

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

0.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 58.5% 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

2023-05-26 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-01-15 15:44Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-05-24

Assigning CNA

GitLab

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.3)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
• CWE-126Buffer Over-readVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

0d3520ed5eee7943ae4a6c1cc25e443e059d096742d8a5ae8640425f4727236c

• www.wireshark.orghttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-17.html
• gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19084
• gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2854.json
• www.debian.orgDSA-5429https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429vendor-advisory
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202309-02https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02vendor-advisory