CVE-2023-4762

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 2024-02-06), 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
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
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: 41%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: Public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS v3
8.8
Vendor severity
HIGHper Google (Chromium)Vendor's own band, not a CVSS rating — advisory text: (Chromium security severity: High)
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
41%
EPSS %ILE
98th
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
41% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-22). 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: 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.

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 mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.”

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://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html · https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4762

Published

September 5, 2023

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Oct 19, 2026
⚠️ Actively exploited (CISA KEV, CISA Vulnrichment). Patch available. Sources: microsoft.
Web page

[SECURITY] [DSA 5491-1] chromium security update

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5491
Web page

Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202401-34) — Gentoo security

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
Web page

QtWebEngine: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202312-07) — Gentoo security

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07
Web page

QtWebEngine: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202311-11) — Gentoo security

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
Microsoft

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4762
Web page

[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: chromium-117.0.5938.88-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KUQ7CTX3W372X3UY56VVNAHCH6H2F4X3/
Web page

[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: chromium-117.0.5938.62-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6T655QF7CQ3DYAMPFV7IECQYGDEUIVVT/
Web page

[SECURITY] Fedora 39 Update: chromium-116.0.5845.179-1.fc39 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/27NR3KG553CG6LGPMP6SHWEVHTYPL6RC/
Web page

Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-4762(1)

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

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
chromium100.0.4896.127-1 ... 99.0.4844.84-1~deb11u1 (137 versions)
  • every version up to 116.0.5845.180-1~deb11u1: fixed in 116.0.5845.180-1~deb11u1
—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
chromium113.0.5672.126-1 ... 116.0.5845.96-2 (35 versions)
  • every version up to 116.0.5845.180-1~deb12u1: fixed in 116.0.5845.180-1~deb12u1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
chromium—
  • every version up to 116.0.5845.180-1: fixed in 116.0.5845.180-1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
chromium—
  • every version up to 116.0.5845.180-1: fixed in 116.0.5845.180-1
—

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 21× in last 7d / 310× 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 it from the CNA feed. 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). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 1,945 refreshes 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 1,845 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-22 19:11 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-22 19:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  3. 2026-10-22 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 41% · 98th percentile
  4. 2026-10-21 17:53 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-21 17:53 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-10-21 17:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  7. 2026-10-21 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 41% · 98th percentile
  8. 2026-10-20 16:37 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-20 16:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  10. 2026-10-20 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 41% · 98th percentile
  11. 2026-10-19 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 41% · 98th percentile
  12. 2026-10-19 15:20 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-19 15:20 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-10-19 15:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  15. 2026-10-18 14:05 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-18 14:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  17. 2026-10-18 07:46 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-17 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 41% · 98th percentile
  19. 2026-10-17 12:48 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-17 12:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  21. 2026-10-16 16:36 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 41% · 98th percentile
  22. 2026-10-16 11:32 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-10-16 11:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  24. 2026-10-15 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 41% · 98th percentile
  25. 2026-10-15 10:15 UTCEG score recompute
Show 75 more
  1. 2026-10-15 10:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  2. 2026-10-14 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 41% · 98th percentile
  3. 2026-10-14 09:00 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-14 09:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  5. 2026-10-13 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 41% · 98th percentile
  6. 2026-10-13 07:45 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-13 07:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  8. 2026-10-12 18:16 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-12 06:30 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-12 06:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  11. 2026-10-12 02:47 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-12 02:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  13. 2026-10-11 23:07 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-10-11 23:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  15. 2026-10-11 19:26 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-11 19:26 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-10-11 19:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  18. 2026-10-11 15:45 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-11 15:45 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-11 15:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  21. 2026-10-11 13:45 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 41% · 98th percentile
  22. 2026-10-11 12:05 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-10-11 12:05 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-11 12:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  25. 2026-10-11 08:24 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-10-11 08:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  27. 2026-10-11 04:41 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-10-11 04:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  29. 2026-10-11 01:01 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-10-11 01:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  31. 2026-10-10 21:18 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-10-10 21:18 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-10-10 21:18 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  34. 2026-10-10 19:57 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 41% · 98th percentile
  35. 2026-10-10 17:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  36. 2026-10-10 13:55 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-10-10 13:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  38. 2026-10-10 10:13 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-10-10 10:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  40. 2026-10-10 06:33 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-10-10 06:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  42. 2026-10-10 02:51 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-10-10 02:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  44. 2026-10-09 23:10 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-10-09 23:10 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-10-09 23:10 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  47. 2026-10-09 20:05 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 41% · 98th percentile
  48. 2026-10-09 19:28 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-10-09 19:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  50. 2026-10-09 15:48 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-10-09 15:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  52. 2026-10-09 12:08 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-10-09 12:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  54. 2026-10-09 08:26 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-10-09 08:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  56. 2026-10-09 04:46 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-10-09 04:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  58. 2026-10-09 01:05 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-10-09 01:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  60. 2026-10-08 21:25 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-10-08 21:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  62. 2026-10-08 17:44 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-10-08 17:44 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-10-08 17:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  65. 2026-10-08 17:06 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 41% · 98th percentile
  66. 2026-10-08 13:56 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-10-08 13:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  68. 2026-10-08 10:14 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-10-08 10:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  70. 2026-10-08 06:33 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-10-08 06:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  72. 2026-10-08 02:51 UTCEG score recompute
  73. 2026-10-08 02:51 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-10-08 02:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3wjr-p76q-rg8q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  75. 2026-10-07 23:46 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 41% · 98th percentile

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2023-4762?
CVE-2023-4762 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on September 5, 2023. Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
When was the CVE record for CVE-2023-4762 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2023-4762 was published on September 5, 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 June 17, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2023-4762 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2023-4762 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on February 6, 2024, affecting Google Chromium V8. 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-2023-4762?
CVE-2023-4762 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-2023-4762?
CVE-2023-4762 affects Google Chromium V8. 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-2023-4762?
A fix for CVE-2023-4762 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2023-4762 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

Dependency Blast Radius

See which npm, PyPI, Go, and Maven packages are affected by CVE-2023-4762

Explore →

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2023-4762?

EchelonGraph automatically scans your cloud infrastructure and maps CVE exposure using blast radius analysis.