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Red Hat CVE-2023-52971

MEDIUM
Insecure Automated Optimizations (CWE-1038)
2025-03-08 cve@mitre.org
Denial Of Service Red Hat Suse
4.9
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
CWE-1038
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2021 - Vulnerable and Outdated Components
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Insecure automated optimizations
Impact

CVSS score of 4.9 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.06%.
Exploit ScenarioDerived

This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026

MariaDB Server 10.10 through 10.11.* and 11.0 through 11.4.* crashes in JOIN::fix_all_splittings_in_plan. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Earlier versions of this analysis (1)
v1 Mar 28, 2026 - 18:30 CVSS 4.9

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

Affected ProductsAI

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-1038. MariaDB Server 10.10 through 10.11.* and 11.0 through 11.4.* crashes in JOIN::fix_all_splittings_in_plan. Version information: through 10.11..

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 4.9 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SUSE MEDIUM
Red Hat 4.9 MEDIUM

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch released
Apr 02, 2026 - 08:30 nvd
Patch available
CVE Published
Mar 08, 2025 - 23:15 nvd
MEDIUM 4.9

DescriptionCVE.org

MariaDB Server 10.10 through 10.11.* and 11.0 through 11.4.* crashes in JOIN::fix_all_splittings_in_plan.

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Why It Matters

CVE-2023-52971 presents moderate security risk rated CVSS 4.9. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and monitor for exploitation.

Business Impact: Low
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: restrict network access and enable monitoring.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 81% exploitable
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium
NVD CVE.org EPSS Vendor

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact
Low

Priority Score

24
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +24
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Denial of Service MEDIUM

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Medium
Product Status
Container suse/mariadb-client:10.11.14-63.28 Affected
Container suse/mariadb:10.11.14-71.4 Affected
SUSE Liberty Linux 9 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 Fixed

References

Advisories & patches
ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0136 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0247 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0334 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0335 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0376 ADVISORY https://www.suse.com/support/update/SUSE-SU-2025:03275/ REF https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-32084

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