CVE-2023-38606

mediumpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.029 · 87 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP0 · Act now
Exploitable?
Yes · in the wild
CISA KEV
Likely / severe?
2.90% (87th) EPSS
CVSS 5.5 · medium
Is it mine?
25 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2023-07-26remediate by 2023-08-16

required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

Apple Multiple Products Kernel Unspecified Vulnerability

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.

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cvss

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

7.3
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.5–7.3

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
v3.17.3highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

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

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119US
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affected products (25)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

showing 20 of 25
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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2023-1874Apple iOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-07-24csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple iOS und Apple iPadOS ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, vertrauliche Kernel-Zustände zu verändern, seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, einen Denial-of-Service zu verursachen oder Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen. Eine erfolgreiche Ausnutzung erfordert eine Benutzerinteraktion.

  • WID-SEC-W-2023-1880Apple macOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-07-24csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple macOS ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen und seine Privilegien zu erweitern.

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bdunvdcert_bundNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2023-07-27modified 2026-06-17
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references (25)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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