What is CVE-2023-53157?

CVE-2023-53157 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rosenpass, classified under Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-07-28.

How severe is CVE-2023-53157?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Rosenpass

CVE-2023-53157

The rosenpass crate before 0.2.1 for Rust allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a one-byte UDP packet.

EPSS: 0.005 (40.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Rosenpass — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-130 — Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-53157?: CVE-2023-53157 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rosenpass, classified under Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-07-28.
How severe is CVE-2023-53157?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.