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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.

CVSS 7.8 · HighBuzz score 49.1KEV listed

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 49.1

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
Mention score
16.1
4 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
8.0
3 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
25.0
Known exploited vulnerability present
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
4 source links · newest first
  • 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 PM
  • Qualys 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 PM
  • U.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 AM
  • Researchers 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

Public exploit repository references

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