CVE-2023-5632

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 56.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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

2023-10-18 08:34Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-13 14:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-10-18

Assigning CNA

eclipse

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-834Excessive IterationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d0a8cc6c3e0161ee7360edc3d82bbc009a796b260bebae66ddc029f257b21111

• github.comhttps://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/pull/2053patchissue-tracking
• github.comhttps://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/commit/18bad1ff32435e523d7507e9b2ce0010124a8f2dpatch