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🛡️ CVE-2023-5156 — enterprise-linux

🟠 CVSS 7.5 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-401 NVD
7.5
CVSS Score
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Description

A flaw was found in the GNU C Library. A recent fix for CVE-2023-4806 introduced the potential for a memory leak, which may result in an application crash.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-5156 is classified as CWE-401: Memory Leak. Allocated memory is never released, so long-running or repeated operations gradually exhaust it.

Affected software

CVE-2023-5156 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • enterprise-linux
  • glibc (from 2.34 up to 2.39)

Timeline and source

Published on 25 September 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com
sourceware.org
sourceware.org
www.openwall.com
www.openwall.com
www.openwall.com
www.openwall.com
access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com
security.gentoo.org
sourceware.org
sourceware.org

Other advisories for this package

enterprise-linux has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-401: Memory Leak) in other software:

CVE-2023-5156 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-401
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-09-25
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
enterprise-linux — —
glibc 2.34 2.39

References

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