🛡️ CVE-2023-5342

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs administrative 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 high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

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

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-5342 is classified as CWE-324: Use of a Key Past its Expiration Date. The product uses a cryptographic key or password past its expiration date, which diminishes its safety significantly by increasing the timing window for cracking attacks against that key.

Affected software

CVE-2023-5342 is recorded against 1 package.

• unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 14 August 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

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

• CVE-2022-4995 (9.8 Critical, published 7 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2022-4994 (published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-49900 (9.8 Critical, published 16 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-49899 (9.8 Critical, published 16 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-4989 (published 3 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-4990 (published 3 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-50973 (9.8 Critical, published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-20572 (published 26 Jun 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-324: Use of a Key Past its Expiration Date) in other software:

• CVE-2026-54787 (3.1 Low, published 18 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-39923 (8.1 High, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-52809 (6.8 Medium, published 24 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-43585 (9.5 Critical, published 17 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2025-13723 (5.3 Medium, published 13 Mar 2026)
• CVE-2025-33012 (6.3 Medium, published 7 Nov 2025)
• CVE-2025-48813 (6.3 Medium, published 14 Oct 2025)
• GHSA-3rw9-wmc8-8948 (2.0 Low, published 28 Aug 2025)

Details

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