illumos illumos-gate before 676abcb has a stack buffer overflow in /dev/net, leading to…
Priority LOW 36CWE-787Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
illumos illumos-gate before 676abcb has a stack buffer overflow in /dev/net, leading to privilege escalation via a stat on a long file name in /dev/net.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00277 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-31284
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-496c-rr8h-gr3w
References
Other 5
- https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/tree/16b76d3cb933ff92018a2a75594449010192eacb
- https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/developer/T13ef186a53edeb5c-M821cc18b5884e04e16daa8fd/cve-2023-31284-buffer-overflow-in-dev-net
- [oss-security] 20230913 illumos (or at least danmcd) membership in the distros list
- [oss-security] 20230913 Re: illumos (or at least danmcd) membership in the distros list
- [oss-security] 20230914 Re: illumos (or at least danmcd) membership in the distros list
Sources
- CVE-2023-31284 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-31284 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-496c-rr8h-gr3w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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