CVE•Published 2023-11-01•Modified 2026-10-14•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2023-5178Linux · Linux_kernel

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

HIGH

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

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 5% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416Use After Free

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c` in `nvmet_tcp_free_crypto` due to a logical bug in the NVMe/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel. This issue may allow a malicious user to cause a use-after-free and double-free problem, which may permit remote code execution or lead to local privilege escalation.

Timeline

Published 2023-11-01

Modified 2026-10-14

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2023-5178

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · OS

os:"Linux Kernel"

Hosts Shodan identified as running Linux Kernel.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2023-5178

Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.

Censys

vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2023-5178