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CVE-2023-26083 (GCVE-0-2023-26083)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-06 00:00 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:15
VLAI CISA Previdian
Summary
Memory leak vulnerability in Mali GPU Kernel Driver in Midgard GPU Kernel Driver all versions from r6p0 - r32p0, Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver all versions from r0p0 - r42p0, Valhall GPU Kernel Driver all versions from r19p0 - r42p0, and Avalon GPU Kernel Driver all versions from r41p0 - r42p0 allows a non-privileged user to make valid GPU processing operations that expose sensitive kernel metadata.
SSVC
Exploitation: active Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-01-19 17:57 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2023-26083

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2023-04-07 00:00 UTC

Exploited: Yes


Timestamps
First Seen: 2023-04-07
Asserted: 2023-04-07

Scope
Notes: KEV entry: Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability | Affected: Arm / Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) | Description: Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver contains an information disclosure vulnerability that allows a non-privileged user to make valid GPU processing operations that expose sensitive kernel metadata. | Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. | Due date: 2023-04-28 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26083

Evidence

Type: Vendor Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 80%

Source: cisa-kev


Details
Cwes CWE-401
Feed CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Product Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Due Date 2023-04-28
Date Added 2023-04-07
Vendorproject Arm
Vulnerabilityname Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Knownransomwarecampaignuse Unknown

References

Created: 2026-02-02 13:25 UTC | Updated: 2026-02-06 07:53 UTC
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2023-26083

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2023-04-07 00:00 UTC

Exploited: Yes


Timestamps
First Seen: 2023-04-07
Asserted: 2023-04-07

Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: Memory leak vulnerability in Mali GPU Kernel Driver in Midgard GPU Kernel Driver all versions from r6p0 - r32p0, Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver all... | Affected: Arm / Mali GPU Kernel Driver | CVSS: 3.3 (LOW) | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False

Evidence

Type: Public Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 70%

Source: kevintel


Details
Feed KEVIntel (kevintel.com)
Title Memory leak vulnerability in Mali GPU Kernel Driver in Midgard GPU Kernel Driver all versions from r6p0 - r32p0, Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver all...
Vendor Arm
Product Mali GPU Kernel Driver
Added Date 2023-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
Cvss Score 3.3
Epss Score None
Cvss Severity LOW
Epss Percentile None
Used In Malware unknown
Ahead Of Cisa Kev None
Not Yet In Cisa Kev False

References

Created: 2026-06-23 11:14 UTC | Updated: 2026-06-23 11:14 UTC
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

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Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.


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