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Vulnerability details: VCID-u8gh-rbbr-k3h4
Vulnerability ID VCID-u8gh-rbbr-k3h4
Aliases CVE-2023-23589
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.9
Risk 3.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.00779 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-23589
epss 0.00779 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-23589
epss 0.00779 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-23589
epss 0.00779 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-23589
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/commit/a282145b3634547ab84ccd959d0537c021ff7ffc
ssvc Track https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/commit/a282145b3634547ab84ccd959d0537c021ff7ffc
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40730
ssvc Track https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40730
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/release-0.4.7/ReleaseNotes
ssvc Track https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/release-0.4.7/ReleaseNotes
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00026.html
ssvc Track https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00026.html
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IYOLTP6HQO2HPXUYKOR7P5YYYN7CINQQ/
ssvc Track https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IYOLTP6HQO2HPXUYKOR7P5YYYN7CINQQ/
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZMY4FWXYKP3MDXTZ3EJ7XJVGBCKBK2XL/
ssvc Track https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZMY4FWXYKP3MDXTZ3EJ7XJVGBCKBK2XL/
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-11
ssvc Track https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-11
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5320
ssvc Track https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5320
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-23589
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-23589
202305-11 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-11
40730 https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40730
a282145b3634547ab84ccd959d0537c021ff7ffc https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/commit/a282145b3634547ab84ccd959d0537c021ff7ffc
dsa-5320 https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5320
IYOLTP6HQO2HPXUYKOR7P5YYYN7CINQQ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IYOLTP6HQO2HPXUYKOR7P5YYYN7CINQQ/
msg00026.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00026.html
ReleaseNotes https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/release-0.4.7/ReleaseNotes
ZMY4FWXYKP3MDXTZ3EJ7XJVGBCKBK2XL https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZMY4FWXYKP3MDXTZ3EJ7XJVGBCKBK2XL/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/commit/a282145b3634547ab84ccd959d0537c021ff7ffc
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-07T18:13:18Z/ Found at https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/commit/a282145b3634547ab84ccd959d0537c021ff7ffc
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40730
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-07T18:13:18Z/ Found at https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40730
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/release-0.4.7/ReleaseNotes
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-07T18:13:18Z/ Found at https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/release-0.4.7/ReleaseNotes
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00026.html
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-07T18:13:18Z/ Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00026.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IYOLTP6HQO2HPXUYKOR7P5YYYN7CINQQ/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-07T18:13:18Z/ Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IYOLTP6HQO2HPXUYKOR7P5YYYN7CINQQ/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZMY4FWXYKP3MDXTZ3EJ7XJVGBCKBK2XL/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-07T18:13:18Z/ Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZMY4FWXYKP3MDXTZ3EJ7XJVGBCKBK2XL/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-11
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-07T18:13:18Z/ Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-11
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5320
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-07T18:13:18Z/ Found at https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5320
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.74106
EPSS Score 0.00779
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T17:20:22.235666+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2023/23xxx/CVE-2023-23589.json 38.6.0