CVE-2023-41913

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.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• 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

2.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 81.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (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: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

2023-12-07 00:00Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-12-18 15:29Z8 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-09-05

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

ec3d8a246d71385a19264c673743c0dc2c1483322e8f7784b72a3fdfd7f652f2

• github.comhttps://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/releases
• www.strongswan.orghttps://www.strongswan.org/blog/2023/11/20/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2023-41913%29.html
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2024-6712c699fchttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YPJZPYHBCRXUQGGKQE6TYH4J4RIJH6HO/vendor-advisory
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0003/
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YPJZPYHBCRXUQGGKQE6TYH4J4RIJH6HO/
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00018.html