CVE-2023-23958
Symantec Protection Engine Hash Leak Vulnerability
Symantec Protection Engine, prior to 9.1.0, may be susceptible to a Hash Leak vulnerability.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Symantec Protection Engine Hash Leak Vulnerability
Symantec Protection Engine, prior to 9.1.0, may be susceptible to a Hash Leak vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2023-23958- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-28023
Symantec Protection Engine, prior to 9.1.0, may be susceptible to a Hash Leak vulnerability.
- Record
EUVD-2023-28023- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f2mp-6hqr-p3mr
Symantec Protection Engine, prior to 9.1.0, may be susceptible to a Hash Leak vulnerability.
Symantec Protection Engine, prior to 9.1.0, may be susceptible to a Hash Leak vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-f2mp-6hqr-p3mr- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Symantec Protection Engine, prior to 9.1.0, may be susceptible to a Hash Leak vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2023-23958- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-23958 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Symantec Protection Engine, published September 26, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.63%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.