CVE-2023-53542

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

0.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 4.3% 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

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

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

2025-10-04 15:16Z11 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-05-11 19:46Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-10-04

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

3e9dfa8df36c0232e90cce9c751f9d8388b4004eb88be56f1e13ad2fd18ec0e1

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