CVE-2023-53540

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.002 · 10 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.20% (10th) EPSS

CVSS 5.5 · medium

Is it mine?

40 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: reject auth/assoc to AP with our address If the AP uses our own address as its MLD address or BSSID, then clearly something's wrong. Reject such connections so we don't try and fail later.

cvss

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

7.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.1–7.1

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.8 · impact 4.2

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20US

affected products (40)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Dell ECS 3.8.1.0-3.8.1.7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:dell:ecs:3.8.1.0_-_3.8.1.7
Google Cloud Platformall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:google:cloud_platform:-
Google Container-Optimized OSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:container-optimized_os:-
IBM DataPower Gatewayall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:datapower_gateway:-
NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager vSphereall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:vsphere
Open Source Linux Kernelall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:unspecified
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
RESF Rocky Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:resf:rocky_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
SUSE openSUSEall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:opensuse:-
Siemens SIMATIC S7 1500 CPUall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:siemens:simatic_s7:1500_cpu
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Dell Networker≤ vProxy <19.14cert_bundDE
IBM QRadar SIEM< 7.5.0 UP14 IF03cert_bundDE
Linux Linux≤ 2.6.32enisa_euvdEU
Linux Linuxall versionsenisa_euvdEU
Linux Linux< 6.1.55enisa_euvdEU

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-2194Linux Kernel: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-10-05csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um nicht näher spezifizierte Angriffe durchzuführen.
WID-SEC-W-2026-0349Dell Avamar und NetWorker: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-02-09csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell Avamar und Dell NetWorker ausnutzen, um Angriffe zu starten, die die Integrität, Vertraulichkeit und Verfügbarkeit von Systemen beeinträchtigen.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-10-04modified 2026-10-15

references (11)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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