Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2023-30226 is a denial-of-service flaw in Rizin before 0.5.0. A malicious ELF file can crash vulnerable analysis tooling. Business impact is mainly disruption to reverse-engineering, malware analysis, or automated file-analysis workflows, not direct compromise based on the provided sources.
Executive priority
Treat this as a targeted tooling resilience issue. Prioritize security teams and automated analysis services that handle untrusted ELF files. It is not evidenced as internet-scale or actively exploited in the provided bundle.
Technical view
The issue is in Rizin's get_gnu_verneed handling of verneed_entry data. Processing a crafted ELF file can trigger denial of service. The source bundle names Rizin prior to 0.5.0, but provides no CVSS score, CWE, detailed affected package metadata, or vendor advisory text beyond the commit reference.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where Rizin analyzes untrusted ELF binaries, including malware labs, security research workstations, CI pipelines, and backend file-analysis services. Systems not using Rizin, or not processing attacker-supplied ELF files with it, are unlikely to be exposed.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation evidence. A public CVE-specific repository is referenced, so researchers should assume proof-of-concept information may exist, but the provided sources only support crafted-file denial of service.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse. The CVE description states denial of service via crafted ELF in get_gnu_verneed before 0.5.0, and references an upstream commit plus a public CVE repository. No CVSS, CWE, exploit status, or detailed advisory is included.
Mitigation direction
- Identify Rizin installations and package versions.
- Upgrade Rizin prior to 0.5.0 according to vendor guidance.
- Avoid processing untrusted ELF files with vulnerable Rizin builds.
- Run file-analysis automation with isolation and crash recovery.
- Monitor the upstream Rizin commit and release notes for fix details.
Validation and detection
- Check Rizin version across workstations, containers, and CI images.
- Confirm whether workflows parse ELF files from untrusted sources.
- Review automation for Rizin crashes or repeated failed analyses.
- Verify patched builds include the referenced upstream commit.
- Document compensating isolation for any delayed upgrades.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/rizinorg/rizin/commit/a6d89de0d44e776f9bccc3a168fdc79f604e14edCVE reference
- https://github.com/ifyGecko/CVE-2023-30226CVE reference
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CWE details
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