Is CVE-2023-7016 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-7016 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-7016?

CVE-2023-7016 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-7016?

CVE-2023-7016 has an EPSS score of 0.34% (26th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-7016?

Upgrade safenet authentication client to 10.8 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-7016

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A flaw in Thales SafeNet Authentication Client prior to 10.8 R10 on Windows allows an attacker to execute code at a SYSTEM level via local access.

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

How to fix

Remediation Available

safenet authentication clientNVD

Affected:< 10.8Fixed in:10.8CVE-2023-7016derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.34%probability of exploitation in 30 days

26thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 26% of all known CVEs.

References

Product1

supportportal.thalesgroup.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-12635	Critical	9.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-24637	Critical	9.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-5689	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-3243	Critical	9.8	88%	-	-
CVE-2024-21888	High	8.8	87%	-	-
CVE-2022-0441	Critical	9.8	85%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-03-04.