CVE-2023-49062

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 28, 2023 at 03:45 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:35 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKatran

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%

Description

Katran could disclose non-initialized kernel memory as part of an IP header. The issue was present for IPv4 encapsulation and ICMP (v4) Too Big packet generation. After a bpf_xdp_adjust_head call, Katran code didn’t initialize the Identification field for the IPv4 header, resulting in writing content of kernel memory in that field of IP header. The issue affected all Katran versions prior to commit 6a03106ac1eab39d0303662963589ecb2374c97f

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2023-11-15
Affected range stops below 2023-11-15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-665

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