CVE-2023-54381
Summary
by MITRE • 08/06/2026
Rejected reason: Erroneously reserved under wrong year by automation defect; superseded by correct-year CVE.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 08/06/2026
This CVE entry represents an automated system error where a vulnerability identifier was incorrectly assigned to the wrong calendar year due to a defect in the CVE assignment automation process. The erroneous year assignment creates confusion in vulnerability tracking and management systems that rely on proper temporal categorization for threat intelligence, patch management, and security operations. Such automation defects can lead to significant operational challenges when security teams attempt to correlate vulnerability data across different time periods or when automated systems fail to properly route vulnerability information to the correct historical context.
The fundamental technical flaw lies in the CVE assignment system's inability to maintain proper temporal integrity during the automated generation process. When a CVE identifier is assigned to an incorrect year, it disrupts the chronological ordering of vulnerabilities that security professionals depend upon for threat modeling and risk assessment activities. This error cascades through security databases, vulnerability management platforms, and incident response procedures that assume proper year-based categorization for effective triage and prioritization.
From an operational impact perspective, this defect can cause substantial disruption to security operations centers that rely on temporal data for correlation analysis and trend identification. Security teams may encounter difficulties when cross-referencing vulnerability data against historical incident records or when conducting year-over-year security assessments. The incorrect year assignment can also affect compliance reporting requirements where audit trails must maintain accurate temporal relationships between identified vulnerabilities and their resolution timelines.
The mitigation strategy involves implementing robust validation checks within CVE assignment systems to verify temporal accuracy before finalizing identifier assignments. Organizations should establish procedures for regularly auditing their vulnerability databases to identify and correct such temporal anomalies. Security operations teams must develop awareness protocols to recognize when they encounter improperly dated vulnerability information and maintain manual verification processes for critical vulnerability assessments.
This type of error aligns with CWE-1004 which addresses weaknesses in security-related code that lead to improper handling of temporal data or metadata. The issue also relates to ATT&CK technique T1583.001 which covers the development of tools and techniques for vulnerability management, where automated systems must maintain data integrity during creation and assignment processes. Proper implementation of input validation and temporal consistency checks in CVE assignment systems would prevent such errors from occurring while maintaining the reliability of vulnerability identification and tracking across security operations environments.
The corrected CVE assignment process should include automated validation that verifies the temporal appropriateness of vulnerability disclosures against the current calendar year and established vulnerability reporting timelines. This ensures that security databases maintain accurate chronological integrity while supporting effective threat intelligence sharing across organizations and information security communities.