{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53185 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2023-53185 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 15 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-53185 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-53185 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 15 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53185 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53185/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53185/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-53185","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53185/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-53185","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2023-53185","DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53185","GHSA-mj4m-3482-q62h","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53185"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel WiFi driver","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A malicious USB device can overwrite reserved endpoint attributes in the ath9k driver, potentially leading to privilege escalation or code execution.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath9k: don't allow to overwrite ENDPOINT0 attributes\n\nA bad USB device is able to construct a service connection response\nmessage with target endpoint being ENDPOINT0 which is reserved for\nHTC_CTRL_RSVD_SVC and should not be modified to be used for any other\nservices.\n\nReject such service connection responses.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"wifi: ath9k: don't allow to overwrite ENDPOINT0 attributes","id":"CVE-2023-53185","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":9,"next":{"headline":"skbuff: Fix a race between coalescing and releasing SKBs","id":"CVE-2023-53186"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"arm64/sme: Set new vector length before reallocating","id":"CVE-2023-53184"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-09-15","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-11","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A malicious USB device can overwrite reserved endpoint attributes in the ath9k driver, potentially leading to privilege escalation or code execution.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53185/"}