CVE-2023-6693

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.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• 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

0.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 25.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.3 (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:L/I:L/A:L

NVD analysis status

Modified. 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

2024-01-02 09:15Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-02-25 18:20Z8 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-12-11

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.9)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

9a8addcdfcb9968a064dd1d8960e4d00bf486333f5aa29a0fa35eccf35ea3aa1

• access.redhat.comRHSA-2024:2962https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2962vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2025:4492https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4492vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6693vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2254580https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254580issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OYGUN5HVOXESW7MSNM44E4AE2VNXQB6Y/
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240208-0004/
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00042.html