CVE-2023-38606
Medium 5.5 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Apple Multiple Products Kernel Unspecified Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
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.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5 (MEDIUM)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 3% (percentile: 87) as of 2 November 2026
Affected products
apple: ipados; apple: iphone os; apple: macos; apple: tvos; apple: watchos
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213846 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213848 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843 Vendor Advisory