Exploitation Summary
CVE-2023-38606 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added July 26, 2023.
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.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
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
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
US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-38606
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0010
EPSS Percentile
28.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CISA KEV
2023-07-26
VulnCheck KEV
2023-07-24
InTheWild.io
2023-07-24
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2023-42405
Status
published
Products (5)
apple/ipados
< 15.7.8
apple/iphone_os
< 15.7.8
apple/macos
11.0 - 11.7.9
apple/tvos
< 16.6
apple/watchos
< 9.6
Published
Jul 27, 2023
KEV Added
Jul 26, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026