CVE-2023-53836

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

0.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 8.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (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:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Deferred. 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

2025-12-09 01:29Z9 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 09:16Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-12-09

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-911Improper Update of Reference CountBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

ae09f51de4c8935adaf85671a5c84c07837d929e275df79ddb3af1025ebb8d66

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65ad600b9bde68d2d28709943ab00b51ca8f0a1d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/923877254f002ae87d441382bb1096d9e773d56d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6b5e47adb9166e732cdf7e6e034946e3f89f36d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a454d84ee20baf7bd7be90721b9821f73c7d23d9