CVE-2023-38594

HIGHNVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2023-07-27. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1.2%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, tvOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5, Safari 16.6, watchOS 9.6. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
45
EG Risk 45/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
1.2%
EPSS %ILE
68th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

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

Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

July 27, 2023

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Aug 21, 2026
Patch available.
generic

About the security content of watchOS 9.6 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213848
generic

About the security content of Safari 16.6 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213847
generic

About the security content of tvOS 16.6 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213846
generic

About the security content of macOS Ventura 13.5 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843
generic

About the security content of iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842
generic

About the security content of iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841
generic

WebKitGTK+: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202401-04) — Gentoo security

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04
generic

[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: webkitgtk-2.40.5-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KQXJYKTGLKI6TJEFJCKPHCNY7PS72OER/
generic

[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: webkitgtk-2.40.5-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KJ4DG5LHWG2INDOTPB7MO4JVJN6LKL3M/
generic

oss-security - WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2023-0007

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/02/1

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-38594(3)

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

Patch Availability(6)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuwebkit2gtk-driver (2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1) @ jammy2026-05-24ubuntu
redhatwebkitgtk4-0:2.48.3-2.el7_92025-07-07redhat
redhatwebkit2gtk3-0:2.40.5-1.el82023-11-14redhat
redhatwebkit2gtk3-0:2.40.5-1.el92023-11-07redhat
redhatwebkit2gtk3-0:2.38.5-1.el9_2.32023-07-18redhat
redhatwebkit2gtk3-0:2.38.5-1.el8_8.52023-07-18redhat

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

(8 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
webkit2gtk2.32.3-1 ... 2.40.4-1 (96 versions)
  • every version up to 2.40.5-1~deb11u1: fixed in 2.40.5-1~deb11u1
—
wpewebkit2.32.3-2 ... 2.52.5-1 (90 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
webkit2gtk2.40.1-1 ... 2.40.5-1~deb11u1 (12 versions)
  • every version up to 2.40.5-1~deb12u1: fixed in 2.40.5-1~deb12u1
—
wpewebkit2.38.6-1 ... 2.52.6-1 (54 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:13(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
webkit2gtk—
  • every version up to 2.40.5-1: fixed in 2.40.5-1
—
wpewebkit—
  • every version up to 2.40.5-1: fixed in 2.40.5-1
—
Debian:14(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
webkit2gtk—
  • every version up to 2.40.5-1: fixed in 2.40.5-1
—
wpewebkit—
  • every version up to 2.40.5-1: fixed in 2.40.5-1
—

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

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-38594?
CVE-2023-38594 is a high vulnerability published on July 27, 2023. The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, tvOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5, Safari 16.6, watchOS 9.6. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
When was CVE-2023-38594 disclosed?
CVE-2023-38594 was first published on July 27, 2023, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2023-38594 actively exploited?
CVE-2023-38594 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (68th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-38594?
CVE-2023-38594 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2023-38594?
A fix for CVE-2023-38594 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2023-38594 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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