No exploitation reported

CVE-2023-7008

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2023-12-23
WeaknessCWE-300

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

A vulnerability was found in systemd-resolved. This issue may allow systemd-resolved to accept records of DNSSEC-signed domains even when they have no signature, allowing man-in-the-middles (or the upstream DNS resolver) to manipulate records.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2023-12-2313:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-7008?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-7008?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

Systemd project systemdversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
25.x	= 25	no fix published	NVD

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

systemdAlmaLinux:9all versions · fixed in 252-32.el9_4.alma.1and 11 other packages
systemdAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 239-82.el8and 7 other packages

Full record on NVD

Fix

Advisories and patches

access.redhat.comVendor Advisory

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

CNACVSS 3.15.9read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 3.15.9read 2026-10-23
CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-300read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.8 %2026-10-23
OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Published: 2023-12-23
Last Modified: 2026-10-14
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-7008?

Is CVE-2023-7008 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2023-7008 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.8% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-7008?

CVE-2023-7008 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

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