CVE-2023-6918

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

1.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 70.8% 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:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

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

2023-12-18 23:27Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-21 06:23Z9 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-12-18

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Low (CVSS 3.7)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-252Unchecked Return ValueBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

8d769ea14a85114de7f7cc001c36938f6d37d56c4bff3f328350d65cb1dd4af9

• access.redhat.comRHSA-2024:2504https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2504vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2024:3233https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3233vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6918vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2254997https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254997issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.libssh.orghttps://www.libssh.org/2023/12/18/libssh-0-10-6-and-libssh-0-9-8-security-releases/
• www.libssh.orghttps://www.libssh.org/security/advisories/CVE-2023-6918.txt
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LZQVUHWVWRH73YBXUQJOD6CKHDQBU3DM/
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKQRBF3DWMWPH36LBCOBUTSIZRTPEZXB/
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250214-0009/