CVE-2023-2163

highpriority · attend · 46EPSS 0.036 · 89 %ileexploit · PoCDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

3.64% (89th) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

29 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Incorrect verifier pruning in BPF in Linux Kernel >=5.4 leads to unsafe code paths being incorrectly marked as safe, resulting in arbitrary read/write in kernel memory, lateral privilege escalation, and container escape.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.8–10

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2 · impact 6

v3.18.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.110criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.110criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · cve-coordination@google.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.8

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-682USprimaryCWE-125USCWE-682USCWE-787US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

letsr00t/CVE-2023-2163letsr00t/CVE-2023-2163PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (29)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.5.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:qradar_siem:7.5.0
IBM QRadar SIEM <7.5.0 UP11 IF01all versionscert_bundDE
IBM QRadar SIEM <7.5.0 UP8 IF02all versionscert_bundDE
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Extreme Networks ExtremeXOS≤ Switch Engine <33.5.1cert_bundDE
Extreme Networks ExtremeXOS≤ Switch Engine <31.7.4.2-patch1-6cert_bundDE
IBM QRadar SIEM< 7.5.0 UP11 IF01cert_bundDE
IBM QRadar SIEM< 7.5.0 UP8 IF02cert_bundDE
Linux Linux kernel0 → 71b547f56124…enisa_euvdEU
АО «НППКТ» ОСОН ОСнова Оnyx≤ 2.9fstec_bduRU
АО «НТЦ ИТ РОСА» ROSA Virtualization 3.0≤ 3.0fstec_bduRU
ООО «КНС ГРУПП» Татлин-Юнифайд≤ 3.2.1fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 4.7fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.6 «Смоленск»fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.7fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition для «Эльбрус»≤ 8.1 «Ленинград»fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Linux5.11 → 5.15.108fstec_bduRU

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1612Linux Kernel: Schwachstelle ermöglicht PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2023-06-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.
WID-SEC-W-2024-1086IBM QRadar SIEM: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-05-09csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM QRadar SIEM ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren, seine Privilegien zu erweitern, einen Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS)-Angriff durchzuführen oder einen nicht spezifizierten Angriff auszuführen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-09-20modified 2026-08-10

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references (17)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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