7.8

CVE-2023-52620: netfilter: nf_tables: disallow timeout for anonymous sets

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52620DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52620
Published 21-03-2024Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-52620 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 32 · Related 25
DLA-3840-1DLA-3842-1DSA-5681-1LSN-0106-1RHSA-2024:2394RHSA-2024:2950

Timeline

  1. 21-03-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: disallow timeout for anonymous sets Never used from userspace, disallow these parameters.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

18%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu106 products
  • linux< 4.4.0-257.291 | < 4.15.0-227.239 | < 5.4.0-189.209 | < 5.15.0-112.122
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1134.140 | < 4.4.0-1172.187 | < 4.15.0-1170.183 | < 5.4.0-1128.138 | < 5.15.0-1063.69
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 761da2935d6e18d178582dbdf315a3a458555505, < 116b0e8e4673a5faa8a739a19b467010c4d3058c | ≥ 761da2935d6e18d178582dbdf315a3a458555505, < 49ce99ae43314d887153e07cec8bb6a647a19268 | ≥ 761da2935d6e18d178582dbdf315a3a458555505, < 6f3ae02bbb62f151b19162d5fdc9fe3d48450323 | ≥ 761da2935d6e18d178582dbdf315a3a458555505, < 00b19ee0dcc1aef06294471ab489bae26d94524e | ≥ 761da2935d6e18d178582dbdf315a3a458555505, < b7be6c737a179a76901c872f6b4c1d00552d9a1b | ≥ 761da2935d6e18d178582dbdf315a3a458555505, < e26d3009efda338f19016df4175f354a9bd0a4ab | 4.1
  • linux_kernel< 4.19.312 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.274 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.215 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.151 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.81 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.4 | 6.4:rc1 | 6.4:rc2 | 6.4:rc3 | 6.4:rc4 | 6.4:rc5 | 6.4:rc6 | 6.4:rc7
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.82-1 | < 6.4.4-1

3 vendors · 109 products

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