CVE-2023-49606

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.
• 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

63.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.1% 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

2024-05-01 15:31Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-04 17:13Z11 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-12-05

Assigning CNA

talos

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-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

f64db8680b682af8fab50047e57d44d6e7017f6da61d0b4d39db17b9735c6217

• talosintelligence.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1889
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/07/1
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00035.html
• www.talosintelligence.comhttps://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1889