CVE-2023-52163

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-12-22. Federal remediation due 2026-01-12.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• 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

96.92% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. 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

2025-02-03 00:00Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-02-26 19:09Z6 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-12-29

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-862Missing AuthorizationClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

402261d1dbfae635a79df972958fbe6df221229185f9d1d4b81c2c7af24413eb

• www.txone.comhttps://www.txone.com/blog/digiever-fixes-sorely-needed/
• www.akamai.comhttps://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/digiever-fix-that-iot-thing
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-52163government-resource
• www.fortinet.comhttps://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/shadowv2-casts-a-shadow-over-iot-devicesthird-party-advisory