CVE-2023-3297

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 ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total 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

0.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 25.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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

Important. 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

2023-09-01 20:49Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-30 20:19Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-06-16

Assigning CNA

canonical

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

95465791e1d46dc84766c3b0a73a25bf71c78a5addbb58298ac110442c888673

• ubuntu.comhttps://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6190-1vendor-advisory
• securitylab.github.comhttps://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-139_accountsservice/third-party-advisorytechnical-description
• bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/2024182issue-tracking
• cve.mitre.orghttps://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3297issue-tracking