CVE-2023-52723

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 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

0.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 43.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.1 (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:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Deferred. 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

2024-04-29 00:00Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-02 23:11Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2024-04-29

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-798Use of Hard-coded CredentialsBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8b50141746019b8b9eee79c5fc39d0d01f7e66b793cdc72bef8091be82658407

• invent.kde.orghttps://invent.kde.org/pim/libksieve/-/commit/6b460ba93ac4ac503ba039d0b788ac7595120db1
• invent.kde.orghttps://invent.kde.org/pim/libksieve/-/tags/v23.03.80
• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/25/1
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20240430 Re: libksieve (used by kmail/kontact) sent password as usernamehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/30/1mailing-list
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20240505 [SECURITY] [DLA 3809-1] libkf5ksieve security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00004.htmlmailing-list