CVE-2023-4911
Published 2023-10-03 · Updated 2026-10-14 · Source secalert@redhat.com
Summary
CVE-2023-4911 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in GNU GNU C Library. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 21, 2023, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by December 12, 2023. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. GNU has 5 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.
All 5 known-exploited GNU vulnerabilities →Description
A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld.so while processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. This issue could allow a local attacker to use maliciously crafted GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID permission to execute code with elevated privileges.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: GNU — GNU C Library
Name: GNU C Library Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Date added: 2023-11-21 · Due: 2023-12-12
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5453
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5454
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5455
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5476
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0033
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4911
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2238352
- https://www.qualys.com/2023/10/03/cve-2023-4911/looney-tunables-local-privilege-escalation-glibc-ld-so.txt

