CVE-2023-46316

CRITICALNVD 5.59.8▲
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2023-10-25. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 4.3.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.4%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

In buc Traceroute 2.0.12 through 2.1.2 before 2.1.3, the wrapper scripts do not properly parse command lines.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
44
EG Risk 44/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.4%
EPSS %ILE
28th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

October 25, 2023

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

References (6)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-46316(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntutraceroute (1:2.1.0-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1) @ bionic2026-05-24ubuntu
redhattraceroute-3:2.1.0-8.el8_82025-01-29redhat
redhattraceroute-3:2.1.0-8.el82024-05-22redhat
redhattraceroute-3:2.1.0-18.el92024-04-30redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
traceroute1:2.1.0-2 ... 1:2.1.6-1 (10 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
traceroute1:2.1.2-1, 1:2.1.3-1, 1:2.1.4-1, 1:2.1.5-1, 1:2.1.6-1——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
traceroute—1:2.1.3-1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
traceroute—1:2.1.3-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(4)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-46316?
CVE-2023-46316 is a critical vulnerability published on October 25, 2023. In buc Traceroute 2.0.12 through 2.1.2 before 2.1.3, the wrapper scripts do not properly parse command lines.
When was CVE-2023-46316 disclosed?
CVE-2023-46316 was first published on October 25, 2023, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2023-46316 actively exploited?
CVE-2023-46316 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (28th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-46316?
CVE-2023-46316 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).
How do I remediate CVE-2023-46316?
A fix for CVE-2023-46316 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2023-46316 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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