CVE-2023-53491

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 21.9% 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 2026-08-04.

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

2025-10-01 11:45Z11 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 09:14Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-10-01

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-665Improper InitializationClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

e0b4b272e4f07de28151a3ba8b9680c0929a98c3ac62fe7d1b2789390ed03363

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25e73018b4093e0cfbcec5dc4a4bb86d0b69ed56
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/514ca14ed5444b911de59ed3381dfd195d99fe4b