Known Exploited Vulnerability
3.3
LOW
CVE-2023-26083
Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Information Disclosure - [Actively Exploited]
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 6, 2023, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 30, 2025, 7:26 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

1.8
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

For the benefit of the cybersecurity community and network defenders—and to help every organization better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity—CISA maintains the authoritative source of vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild.

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.

Notes :

https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26083

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2023-26083 has a 7 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-26083 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Arm bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver
2 Arm midgard_gpu_kernel_driver
3 Arm valhall_gpu_kernel_driver
4 Arm avalon_gpu_kernel_driver
5 Arm midgard
6 Arm 5th_gen_gpu_architecture_kernel_driver
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 6
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-26083.

URL Resource
https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities Vendor Advisory
https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023033049 Third Party Advisory
https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vulnerabilities/74210/ Third Party Advisory
https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities Vendor Advisory
https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023033049 Third Party Advisory
https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vulnerabilities/74210/ Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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AllenLu112220/KaliVM-Attack-Cyber-Intrusions

None

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 4, 2025, 10:39 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.
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1337eng/arm_mali_open_source_drivers

Arm mali open source drivers

Makefile C Assembly Starlark

Updated: 8 months, 4 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 4, 2024, 1:50 p.m. This repo has been linked 46 different CVEs too.
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a-roshbaik/Pixel_GPU_Exploit

None

C C++

Updated: 1 year ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 19, 2024, 4:01 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.
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0x36/Pixel_GPU_Exploit

Android 14 kernel exploit for Pixel7/8 Pro

C C++

Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago
513 stars 73 fork 73 watcher
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Ostorlab/KEV

Ostorlab KEV: One-command to detect most remotely known exploitable vulnerabilities. Sourced from CISA KEV, Google's Tsunami, Ostorlab's Asteroid and Bug Bounty programs.

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Updated: 2 days, 23 hours ago
578 stars 42 fork 42 watcher
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xairy/linux-kernel-exploitation

A collection of links related to Linux kernel security and exploitation

linux-kernel kernel-exploitation exploit privilege-escalation security

Updated: 2 weeks ago
6024 stars 954 fork 954 watcher
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jiayy/android_vuln_poc-exp

This project contains pocs and exploits for vulneribilities I found (mostly)

Makefile C Assembly Python Shell HTML CMake Batchfile Meson Roff

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
773 stars 202 fork 202 watcher
Born at : Sept. 7, 2016, 12:05 p.m. This repo has been linked 144 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-26083 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-26083 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 30, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Jul. 30, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE CWE-401
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 07, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:arm:midgard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r6p0 up to (including) r32p0 *cpe:2.3:a:arm:bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r0p0 up to (excluding) r43p0 *cpe:2.3:a:arm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r19p0 up to (excluding) r43p0 *cpe:2.3:a:arm:avalon_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r41p0 up to (excluding) r43p0 OR *cpe:2.3:a:arm:bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r0p0 up to (excluding) r43p0 *cpe:2.3:a:arm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r19p0 up to (excluding) r43p0 *cpe:2.3:a:arm:5th_gen_gpu_architecture_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r41p0 up to (excluding) r43p0 *cpe:2.3:a:arm:midgard_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r6p0 up to (including) r32p0
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 03, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Feb. 03, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities
    Added Reference https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023033049
    Added Reference https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vulnerabilities/74210/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 21, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities No Types Assigned https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023033049 No Types Assigned https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023033049 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vulnerabilities/74210/ No Types Assigned https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vulnerabilities/74210/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-401
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:arm:avalon_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r41p0 up to (excluding) r43p0 *cpe:2.3:a:arm:bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r0p0 up to (excluding) r43p0 *cpe:2.3:a:arm:midgard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r6p0 up to (including) r32p0 *cpe:2.3:a:arm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) r19p0 up to (excluding) r43p0
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-26083 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-26083 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.39 }} -0.07%

score

0.59265

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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