Medium 5.5Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Jul 26, 2023

CVE-2023-38606This issue was addressed with improved state management.

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 12:30 PM ET)

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CISA lists it as known exploited since Jul 26, 2023; federal agencies had to remediate by Aug 16, 2023. Treat that date as your deadline.

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This issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.8, iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, tvOS 16.6, macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, macOS Ventura 13.5, watchOS 9.6. An app may be able to modify sensitive kernel state. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.1.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV Jul 26, 2023; federal remediation due Aug 16, 2023Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 2.90% (percentile 87)
Assigned by: apple
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 30, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Apple tvOS apple:tvos (from the name)	from unspecified before 16.6	CNA record
Apple iOS and iPadOS apple:ios_and_ipados (from the name)	from unspecified before 16.6	CNA record
Apple macOS apple:macos (from the name)	from unspecified before 13.5	CNA record
Apple watchOS apple:watchos (from the name)	from unspecified before 9.6	CNA record
apple ipados apple:ipados	before 15.7.8; from 16.0 before 16.6	NVD
apple iphone_os apple:iphone_os	before 15.7.8; from 16.0 before 16.6	NVD
apple macos apple:macos	from 11.0 before 11.7.9; from 12.0.0 before 12.6.8; from 13.0 before 13.5	NVD
apple tvos apple:tvos	before 16.6	NVD
apple watchos apple:watchos	before 9.6	NVD

References

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213846	vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841	vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843	vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842	vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845	vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844	vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213848	vendor-advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-38606	us-government-resource

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