CVE-2023-53606

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

0.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 17.9% 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

Low. 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 15:44Z11 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 09:15Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-10-04

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-911Improper Update of Reference CountBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

079ed8b0de09456966fab4681ad26b9a508c7b2049fab7f60219f235d05ae898

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd63299db8090307eae66f2aef17c8f00aafa0a9
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3169b6ffe036b549c296a9e71591d29a1fb3209
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75b8c681c563ef7e85da6862354efc18d2a08b1b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f565846fbe8182961498d4cbe618b15076a683b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ba434cb1a8d403ea9aad1b667c3ea3ad8b3191f