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CVE-2023-0210

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—
Severity7.5High · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability72 %higher than 99% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

A bug affects the Linux kernel’s ksmbd NTLMv2 authentication and is known to crash the OS immediately in Linux-based systems.

CVSS

Base score
7.5
Version
3.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
72 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
99
Score date
10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Linux — Linux Kernel

CWEs

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