CVE-2023-46316

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

0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 29.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (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: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

2023-10-24 00:00Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-02 20:45Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-10-22

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-234Failure to Handle Missing ParameterVariant
• CWE-214Invocation of Process Using Visible Sensitive InformationBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

301c478807fd9c2ce221e7d6f359c523f321eaf5114e783eee8b9dedc027d09b

• sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/projects/traceroute/files/traceroute/traceroute-2.1.3/
• security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-46316
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176660/Traceroute-2.1.2-Privilege-Escalation.html