CVE-2023-53659

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 5.0% 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:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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

2025-10-07 15:21Z11 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 09:15Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-10-07

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-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class

Data version

5.2

Document digest

ad287733f5dc178376cb77a7aa811839a79960a2c282b0ef186c455230468f83

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b92defe4e8ee86996c16417ad8c804cb4395fddd
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fb37ce6c01e17839e26d03222f0b44e6a3ed2b9
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e1d8f1332076a002e6d910d255aa5903d341c56
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65ecebc9ac09427b2c65f271cd5e5bd536c3fe38
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c4bced3caa749ce468b0c5de711c98476b23a52