VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-2163

CVSS score10 CRITICAL
EPSS probability3.64%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-09-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • cve-coordination@google.com: CWE-682
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-682

Primary references