CVE-2023-53088

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

0.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 10.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (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:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-15.

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

2025-05-02 15:55Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-15 21:41Z14 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2025-05-02

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
• CWE-825Expired Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

fd51a7046fd23fc53473ebbdfa76e82901e519d32fae77a5a60a9db70dff53d9

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5564be74a22a61855f8b8c100d8c4abb003bb792
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f4f4cf5d32f10543deb946a37111e714579511e
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a3f4f1f9c27215e4ddcd312558342e57b93e518