CVE detail
CVE-2023-0386
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, where unauthorized access to the execution of the setuid file with capabilities was found in the Linux kernel’s OverlayFS subsystem in how a user copies a capable file from a nosuid mount into another mount. This uid mapping bug allows a local user to escalate their privileges on the system.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.
Buzz score components · mention 16.1 · diversity 8.0 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
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Evidence
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For years, I watched organizations treat vulnerability data like a compliance chore. It was something to scan, sort and patch against deadlines. Yet buried in those reports is a treasure map of sorts, where an attacker is likely to strike first. In my previous red team and incident responder roles, minus a credential leak or […]
newswww.csoonline.comNov 19, 2025, 2:06 PMQualys has disclosed two Linux vulnerabilities that can be chained for full root access, and CISA added a flaw to its KEV catalog.
newswww.securityweek.comJun 18, 2025, 12:27 PMU.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Linux Kernel vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Read and Write Vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-0386, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The vulnerability, CVE-2023-0386 (CVSS score: 7.8), is an improper ownership vulnerability in the Linux kernel that […]
newssecurityaffairs.comJun 18, 2025, 11:54 AMResearchers discovered two vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu OverlayFS module: CVE-2023-2640 and CVE-2023-32629 (together dubbed ‘GameOver(lay)’).
newswww.securityweek.comJul 27, 2023, 1:00 PM
Exploit code
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