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CVE-2023-2283

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-2283 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in libssh, affecting various Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux products. The flaw allows an attacker to bypass authentication checks in the pki_verify_data_signature function due to improper handling of return values during memory allocation problems. This could lead to unauthorized access (C:L, I:L). The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and no user interaction required. While it can lead to partial confidentiality and integrity impacts, it does not affect availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting low public awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.9.1, <= 0.9.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0.10.0, <= 0.10.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0106 is in the 39th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libssh-0:0.9.6-10.el8_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: libssh-0:0.9.6-4.el8_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: libssh-0:0.10.4-11.el9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-2283Moderate

libssh: authorization bypass in pki_verify_data_signature

May 5, 2023

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2025/Feb/18
packetstormsecurity.com / files/172861/libssh-0.9.6-0.10.4-pki_verify_data_signature-Authorization-Bypass.html
access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2023-2283
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/27PD44ALQTZXX7K6JAM3BXBUHYA6DFFN
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202312-05
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20240201-0005
libssh.org / security/advisories/CVE-2023-2283.txt
Vendor Advisory