CVE-2023-23520

mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.008 · 57 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.81% (57th) EPSS

CVSS 5.9 · medium

Is it mine?

10 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 9.3, tvOS 16.3, macOS Ventura 13.2, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3. A user may be able to read arbitrary files as root.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.4–7.1

v3.15.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 3.6

v3.17.1highAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondaryexploitability 2.2 · impact 3.6

v3.15.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-367USprimaryCWE-362US

affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apple iOS and iPadOSunspecified → 16.3enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 13.2enisa_euvdEU
Apple tvOSunspecified → 16.3enisa_euvdEU
Apple watchOSunspecified → 9.3enisa_euvdEU
Apple Inc. MacOS≤ 13.2fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. iOS≤ 16.3fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. iPadOS≤ 16.3fstec_bduRU
apple ipados< 16.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os< 16.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos< 13.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-0189Apple macOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-01-23csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple macOS ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit Administratorrechten auszuführen, seine Privilegien erweitern, beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.
WID-SEC-W-2023-0190Apple iOS/iPadOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-01-23csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple iOS und Apple iPadOS ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit Administratorrechten auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-02-27modified 2026-06-17

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references (15)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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