{"id":"CVE-2023-5369","aliases":["EUVD-2023-57685","GHSA-4hwj-mwvm-vc26"],"status":"published","title":"copy_file_range insufficient capability rights check","description":"Before correction, the copy_file_range system call checked only for the CAP_READ and CAP_WRITE capabilities on the input and output file descriptors, respectively.  Using an offset is logically equivalent to seeking, and the system call must additionally require the CAP_SEEK capability.\n\nThis incorrect privilege check enabled sandboxed processes with only read or write but no seek capability on a file descriptor to read data from or write data to an arbitrary location within the file corresponding to that file descriptor.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00197,"percentile":0.09434,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-273"],"published":"2023-10-04T03:48:53Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:48:26Z","products":[{"vendor":"freebsd","product":"freebsd"}],"references":[{"url":"https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-23:13.capsicum.asc","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231124-0009/","tags":["x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5369"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4hwj-mwvm-vc26"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-5369","title":"copy_file_range insufficient capability rights check","description":"Before correction, the copy_file_range system call checked only for the CAP_READ and CAP_WRITE capabilities on the input and output file descriptors, respectively.  Using an offset is logically equivalent to seeking, and the system call must additionally require the CAP_SEEK capability.\n\nThis incorrect privilege check enabled sandboxed processes with only read or write but no seek capability on a file descriptor to read data from or write data to an arbitrary location within the file corresponding to that file descriptor.","status":"published","published":"2023-10-04T03:48:53.559Z","modified":"2025-02-13T17:20:10.344Z","cwes":["CWE-273"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:17.149492Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-57685","description":"Before correction, the copy_file_range system call checked only for the CAP_READ and CAP_WRITE capabilities on the input and output file descriptors, respectively.  Using an offset is logically equivalent to seeking, and the system call must additionally require the CAP_SEEK capability.\n\nThis incorrect privilege check enabled sandboxed processes with only read or write but no seek capability on a file descriptor to read data from or write data to an arbitrary location within the file corresponding to that file descriptor.","status":"published","published":"2023-10-04T03:48:53Z","modified":"2025-02-13T17:20:10Z","cvss":[{"version":"","score":0,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"none"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:03:48.029386Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-4hwj-mwvm-vc26","title":"Before correction, the copy_file_range system call checked only for the CAP_READ and CAP_WRITE...","description":"Before correction, the copy_file_range system call checked only for the CAP_READ and CAP_WRITE capabilities on the input and output file descriptors, respectively.  Using an offset is logically equivalent to seeking, and the system call must additionally require the CAP_SEEK capability.\n\nThis incorrect privilege check enabled sandboxed processes with only read or write but no seek capability on a file descriptor to read data from or write data to an arbitrary location within the file corresponding to that file descriptor.","status":"published","published":"2023-10-04T06:30:22Z","modified":"2023-11-24T09:30:27Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-273"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:55:05.78804Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-5369","description":"Before correction, the copy_file_range system call checked only for the CAP_READ and CAP_WRITE capabilities on the input and output file descriptors, respectively.  Using an offset is logically equivalent to seeking, and the system call must additionally require the CAP_SEEK capability.\n\nThis incorrect privilege check enabled sandboxed processes with only read or write but no seek capability on a file descriptor to read data from or write data to an arbitrary location within the file corresponding to that file descriptor.","status":"published","published":"2023-10-04T04:15:14.627Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:48:26.67Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-273"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:08:35.022405Z"}]}}