CVE-2023-40185

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

0.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 51.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2023-08-23 20:20Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-30 19:14Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-08-09

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-150Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control SequencesVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

eb9b478b579bcfd86b6f1f777e4c36c0367d375a204cdde876bdb1c13e3e8644

• github.comhttps://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/security/advisories/GHSA-j55r-787p-m549x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/pull/1142x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/commit/0b976dab645abf45ffd85e74a8c6e51ee2f42d63x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/releases/tag/v1.7.4x_refsource_MISC