CVE-2023-53769

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

0.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 0.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Deferred. 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

2025-12-08 01:19Z10 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 09:15Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-12-08

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.3)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-319Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive InformationBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

5e885019aa1dd05088064b41e45619c645d3bde11abf4d55675ef1e33339117e

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/577a64725bfd77645986168e953d405067ee565b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c27dafc4aa50a29ec927b3aa84ac7b430071f682
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b69c63f716cfda38e1210e65b68f67f6cee2ddf
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/965006103a14703cc42043bbf9b5e0cdf7a468ad