🛡️ CVE-2023-5616 on Ubuntu — gnome-control-center

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-5616 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package gnome-control-center. The fix is available in version 1:45.0-1ubuntu4; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, 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 low, integrity low, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

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

• 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: 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: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5616 is classified as CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. Identity is inferred from something an attacker can forge, such as a header or address.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5616 is recorded against 1 package.

• gnome-control-center (fixed in 1:45.0-1ubuntu4)

Timeline and source

Published on 13 December 2023 and last revised on 22 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
www.cve.org (Report)

Other advisories for this package

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

• DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5616 (published 15 Apr 2025)
• RHSA-2020:1766 (published 16 Sep 2024)
• RHSA-2019:3553 (published 16 Sep 2024)
• USN-6554-1 (published 13 Dec 2023)
• USN-5430-1 (published 18 May 2022)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1736 (published 17 May 2022)
• ALBA-2022:1870 (published 10 May 2022)
• ALBA-2022:0363 (published 1 Feb 2022)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing) in other software:

• CVE-2026-14450 (9.9 Critical, published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-32469 (5.3 Medium, published 6 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-65570 (8.1 High, published 6 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-65502 (5.3 Medium, published 6 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-48063 (9.5 Critical, published 3 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-14840 (5.3 Medium, published 1 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-13143 (5.3 Medium, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-28812 (9.8 Critical, published 30 Jul 2026)

CVE-2023-5616 on other distributions

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

Details

Affected Packages

References