CVE-2023-5521 — Incorrect Authorization in GitHub repository tiann/kernelsu prior to v0

Incorrect Authorization in GitHub repository tiann/kernelsu prior to v0.6.9.

01What is this vulnerability?

Incorrect Authorization in GitHub repository tiann/kernelsu prior to v0.6.9.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
tiann	tiann/kernelsu	unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-10-11T12:00:01.900Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-18T15:45:25.017Z

09References

• huntr.dev — https://huntr.dev/bounties/d438eff7-4e24-45e0-bc75-d3a5b3ab2ea1
• github.com — https://github.com/tiann/kernelsu/commit/a22959beae1aad96b1f72710a5daadf529c41bd…