When was CVE-2023-23589 disclosed?

CVE-2023-23589 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on January 14, 2023, with the most recent update on April 7, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2023-23589 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-23589 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 74.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-23589?

CVE-2023-23589 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2023-23589?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-23589, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2023-23589

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5—Elevated

6.5

The SafeSocks option in Tor before 0.4.7.13 has a logic error in which the unsafe SOCKS4 protocol can be used but not the safe SOCKS4a protocol, aka TROVE-2022-002.

CVSS v3: 6.5
EG Score: 6.5(medium)
EPSS: 74.0%
KEV: Not listed

References (16)

cve@mitrehttps://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/commit/a282145b3634547ab84ccd959d0537c021ff7ffc
cve@mitrehttps://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40730
cve@mitrehttps://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/release-0.4.7/ReleaseNotes
cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00026.html
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IYOLTP6HQO2HPXUYKOR7P5YYYN7CINQQ/
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZMY4FWXYKP3MDXTZ3EJ7XJVGBCKBK2XL/
cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-11
cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5320
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/commit/a282145b3634547ab84ccd959d0537c021ff7ffc
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40730
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/release-0.4.7/ReleaseNotes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00026.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IYOLTP6HQO2HPXUYKOR7P5YYYN7CINQQ/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZMY4FWXYKP3MDXTZ3EJ7XJVGBCKBK2XL/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-11

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