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🛡️ CVE-2023-5633 — codeready-linux-builder

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-911 NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
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Description

The reference count changes made as part of the CVE-2023-33951 and CVE-2023-33952 fixes exposed a use-after-free flaw in the way memory objects were handled when they were being used to store a surface. When running inside a VMware guest with 3D acceleration enabled, a local, unprivileged user could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

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

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-5633 is classified as CWE-911: Improper Update of Reference Count. The product uses a reference count to manage a resource, but it does not update or incorrectly updates the reference count.

Affected software

CVE-2023-5633 is recorded against 22 packages.

  • codeready-linux-builder
  • codeready-linux-builder-eus
  • codeready-linux-builder-for-arm64
  • codeready-linux-builder-for-arm64-eus
  • codeready-linux-builder-for-ibm-z-systems
  • codeready-linux-builder-for-ibm-z-systems-eus
  • codeready-linux-builder-for-power-little-endian
  • codeready-linux-builder-for-power-little-endian-eus
  • enterprise-linux
  • enterprise-linux-eus
  • enterprise-linux-for-arm-64
  • enterprise-linux-for-arm-64-eus
  • enterprise-linux-for-ibm-z-systems
  • enterprise-linux-for-ibm-z-systems-eus
  • enterprise-linux-for-power-little-endian
  • enterprise-linux-for-power-little-endian-eus
  • enterprise-linux-for-real-time
  • enterprise-linux-for-real-time-for-nfv
  • enterprise-linux-server-aus
  • enterprise-linux-server-for-power-little-endian-update-services-for-sap-solutions
  • enterprise-linux-server-tus
  • linux-kernel

Timeline and source

Published on 23 October 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

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Other advisories for this package

codeready-linux-builder 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-911: Improper Update of Reference Count) in other software:

CVE-2023-5633 on other distributions

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

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-911
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-10-23
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
codeready-linux-builder
codeready-linux-builder-eus
codeready-linux-builder-for-arm64
codeready-linux-builder-for-arm64-eus
codeready-linux-builder-for-ibm-z-systems
codeready-linux-builder-for-ibm-z-systems-eus
codeready-linux-builder-for-power-little-endian
codeready-linux-builder-for-power-little-endian-eus
enterprise-linux
enterprise-linux-eus
enterprise-linux-for-arm-64
enterprise-linux-for-arm-64-eus
enterprise-linux-for-ibm-z-systems
enterprise-linux-for-ibm-z-systems-eus
enterprise-linux-for-power-little-endian
enterprise-linux-for-power-little-endian-eus
enterprise-linux-for-real-time
enterprise-linux-for-real-time-for-nfv
enterprise-linux-server-aus
enterprise-linux-server-for-power-little-endian-update-services-for-sap-solutions
enterprise-linux-server-tus
linux-kernel

References

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