CVE-2023-40303

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 35.1% 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

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

2023-08-14 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-02 18:31Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-08-14

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-252Unchecked Return ValueBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

08851e5c4676350dfb265238f31609c47b88e8be31db1edc1fb7eae04cb01833

• git.savannah.gnu.orghttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git/commit/?id=e4e65c03f4c11292a3e40ef72ca3f194c8bffdd6
• lists.gnu.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2023-07/msg00000.html
• ftp.gnu.orghttps://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/inetutils/
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20231008 [SECURITY] [DLA 3611-1] inetutils security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00013.htmlmailing-list
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20231230 Re: inetutils ftpd, rcp, rlogin, rsh, rshd, uucpd: Avoid potential privilege escalations by checking set*id() return valueshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/30/4mailing-list