CVE-2023-23529

CRITICALNVD 8.89.0
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

“▲” beside the score: it is higher than NVD's CVSS score.

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-02-14), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8 retained for reference. The 9.0 is the floor for confirmed exploitation, not an impact rating: this CVE's impact severity (EG Severity) is CVSS 8.8 HIGH under GitHub Security Advisory CVSS. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Exploited in the wild

Also known asEUVD-2023-27629 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV) — the reason this is sooner than the SSVC decision on this page at low or medium mission impact
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 9.5%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: No code on recordExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7.4 and iPadOS 15.7.4, iOS 16.3.1 and iPadOS 16.3.1, macOS Ventura 13.2.1, Safari 16.3. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
9.0CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
80
EG Risk 80/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity88% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 8.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation100% × 40%
Fixed at 100% for a CISA KEV listing: EchelonGraph's rule.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.
Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact.
EPSS PROB
9.5%
EPSS %ILE
95th
KEV
⚠ Exploited

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.0): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.0 is the CISA KEV floor for confirmed exploitation, not an impact rating: its impact severity (EG Severity) is CVSS 8.8 HIGH.

EG Severity
8.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
9.5% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-12). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
CISA KEV and EG-KEV Tier 1 (exploited in the wild)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Attend at medium mission impactTrack at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 14 days if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact.

Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 14 days if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV yes (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

CISA required action“Apply updates per vendor instructions.”

Quoted verbatim from CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. CISA directs it at US federal civilian executive branch agencies under Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04, which replaced BOD 22-01 on 10 June 2026; it is not EchelonGraph's advice. CISA's notes: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213635 · https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213633 · https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213638 · https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23529

Published

February 27, 2023

Last Modified

October 23, 2025

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Nov 9, 2026
⚠️ Actively exploited (CISA KEV, CISA Vulnrichment). Patch available. Sources: cisa.
CISA🔴 Active Exploitation

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-23529
Web page

About the security content of iOS 15.7.4 and iPadOS 15.7.4 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213673
Web page

About the security content of Safari 16.3 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213638
Web page

About the security content of iOS 16.3.1 and iPadOS 16.3.1 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213635
Web page

About the security content of macOS Ventura 13.2.1 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213633

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-23529(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev (2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1) @ jammy2026-11-11ubuntu
redhatwebkitgtk4-0:2.48.3-2.el7_92025-07-07redhat
redhatwebkit2gtk3-0:2.36.7-1.el8_7.22023-02-22redhat
redhatwebkit2gtk3-0:2.36.7-1.el9_1.22023-02-22redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(9 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:11(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
webkit2gtk2.32.3-1 ... 2.38.5-1~deb10u1 (70 versions)
  • every version up to 2.38.5-1~deb11u1: fixed in 2.38.5-1~deb11u1
—
wpewebkit2.32.3-2 ... 2.38.4-1~deb11u1 (34 versions)
  • every version up to 2.38.5-1~deb11u1: fixed in 2.38.5-1~deb11u1
—
Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
webkit2gtk—
  • every version up to 2.38.5-1: fixed in 2.38.5-1
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wpewebkit—
  • every version up to 2.38.5-1: fixed in 2.38.5-1
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Debian:13(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
webkit2gtk—
  • every version up to 2.38.5-1: fixed in 2.38.5-1
—
wpewebkit—
  • every version up to 2.38.5-1: fixed in 2.38.5-1
—
Debian:14(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
webkit2gtk—
  • every version up to 2.38.5-1: fixed in 2.38.5-1
—
wpewebkit—
  • every version up to 2.38.5-1: fixed in 2.38.5-1
—
Debian:10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
webkit2gtk2.24.2-1 ... 2.38.4-2~deb11u1 (155 versions)
  • every version up to 2.38.5-1~deb10u1: fixed in 2.38.5-1~deb10u1
—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(3)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 19× in last 7d / 85× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed its CVE.org record (CNA or CISA ADP). An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). "EchelonGraph re-scored" is our own recompute of this CVE's score, not an update from a source, and is not counted in the refreshes above. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 2,005 rows on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 1,905 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-13 16:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.5% · 95th percentile
  2. 2026-11-13 01:16 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  3. 2026-11-13 01:16 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-11-13 01:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  5. 2026-11-12 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.5% · 95th percentile
  6. 2026-11-11 23:52 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  7. 2026-11-11 23:52 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-11-11 23:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  9. 2026-11-11 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  10. 2026-11-10 22:29 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  11. 2026-11-10 22:29 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-11-10 22:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  13. 2026-11-10 16:36 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  14. 2026-11-09 21:05 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  15. 2026-11-09 21:05 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-11-09 21:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  17. 2026-11-09 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  18. 2026-11-08 19:41 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  19. 2026-11-08 19:41 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-11-08 19:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  21. 2026-11-08 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  22. 2026-11-07 18:19 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  23. 2026-11-07 18:19 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-11-07 18:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  25. 2026-11-07 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
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  1. 2026-11-06 16:57 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  2. 2026-11-06 16:57 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-11-06 16:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  4. 2026-11-06 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  5. 2026-11-05 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  6. 2026-11-05 15:35 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  7. 2026-11-05 15:35 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-11-05 15:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  9. 2026-11-04 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  10. 2026-11-04 14:13 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  11. 2026-11-04 14:13 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-11-04 14:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  13. 2026-11-04 10:25 UTCOSV refresh
  14. 2026-11-03 16:40 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  15. 2026-11-03 12:50 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  16. 2026-11-03 12:50 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-11-03 12:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  18. 2026-11-02 11:27 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  19. 2026-11-02 11:27 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-11-02 11:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  21. 2026-11-01 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  22. 2026-11-01 10:04 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  23. 2026-11-01 10:04 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-11-01 10:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  25. 2026-10-31 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  26. 2026-10-31 08:40 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  27. 2026-10-31 08:40 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-10-31 08:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  29. 2026-10-30 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  30. 2026-10-30 07:18 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  31. 2026-10-30 07:18 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-10-30 07:18 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  33. 2026-10-29 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  34. 2026-10-29 05:56 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  35. 2026-10-29 05:56 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-10-29 05:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  37. 2026-10-28 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  38. 2026-10-28 04:34 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  39. 2026-10-28 04:34 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-10-28 04:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  41. 2026-10-27 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  42. 2026-10-27 03:12 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  43. 2026-10-27 03:12 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-10-27 03:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  45. 2026-10-26 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  46. 2026-10-26 01:49 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-10-26 01:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  48. 2026-10-25 17:48 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  49. 2026-10-25 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  50. 2026-10-25 00:27 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  51. 2026-10-25 00:27 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-10-25 00:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  53. 2026-10-24 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  54. 2026-10-23 23:06 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  55. 2026-10-23 23:06 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-10-23 23:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  57. 2026-10-23 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  58. 2026-10-22 21:41 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  59. 2026-10-22 21:41 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-10-22 21:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  61. 2026-10-22 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  62. 2026-10-21 20:18 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  63. 2026-10-21 20:18 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-10-21 20:18 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  65. 2026-10-21 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  66. 2026-10-20 18:56 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  67. 2026-10-20 18:56 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-10-20 18:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  69. 2026-10-20 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  70. 2026-10-19 17:33 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  71. 2026-10-19 17:33 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-10-19 17:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  73. 2026-10-19 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.4% · 95th percentile
  74. 2026-10-18 16:09 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-10-18 16:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c5hw-5p2j-xqg7 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2023-23529?
CVE-2023-23529 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on February 27, 2023. A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7.4 and iPadOS 15.7.4, iOS 16.3.1 and iPadOS 16.3.1, macOS Ventura 13.2.1, Safari 16.3. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2023-23529 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2023-23529 was published on February 27, 2023. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 23, 2025; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2023-23529 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2023-23529 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on February 14, 2023, affecting Apple Multiple Products. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate attention. A fix is available. Apply it.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-23529?
CVE-2023-23529 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0 (CRITICAL).
Which products are affected by CVE-2023-23529?
CVE-2023-23529 affects Apple Multiple Products. The affected packages EchelonGraph has on record, with version ranges, are listed in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2023-23529?
A fix for CVE-2023-23529 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2023-23529 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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