CVE-2023-38606

5.5

CVSS
Medium

PUBLISHED

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...

Exploited in the wild Low complexity

Vendor: Apple
Product: tvOS, iOS and iPadOS, macOS, watchOS
Published: Jul 26, 2023
EPSS: —

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.

macos ios cisa nessus_scanner

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 5.5 Medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2023-07-26 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation: active
Automatable: No
Technical impact: partial

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source	Added
CISA	Jul 26, 2023

Scanner integrations

Scanner	Reference	Detected
Nessus	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/178942	Jun 02, 2025

Vulnerability detail