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CVE-2023-6932
high
CVSS 7.8
Use-After-Free in privilege-escalation (CVE-2023-6932)
Summary
vulnerability in privilege-escalation (CVE-2023-6932). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2023-6932** has been found in privilege-escalation.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "privilege-escalation CVE-2023-6932" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2023-6932 (privilege-escalation) — CWE-416 / CVSS v3 7.8
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**use-after-free** (CWE-416) exists in privilege-escalation.
📍 Affected scope
privilege-escalation — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover
🔧 How to fix
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'privilege-escalation' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'privilege-escalation' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `privilege-escalation` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177029/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0100-1.html
- web https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=e2b706c691905fe78468c361aaabc719d0a496f1
- web https://kernel.dance/e2b706c691905fe78468c361aaabc719d0a496f1
- web https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
- web https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.html
- web https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- web https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- web https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html
- web https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
- web https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6932
- web https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m2ff-6895-cr34