How severe is CVE-2023-38606?

CVE-2023-38606 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). EPSS estimates a 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2023-38606: Apple Multiple Products Kernel Unspecified

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Apple Multiple Products Kernel Unspecified Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2023-07-26

Remediation due

2023-08-16

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

CISA notes
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843,https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844,https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845,https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213846,https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213848 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38606

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA5.5 MEDIUM

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impactpartial

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Apple	tvOS	unspecified to <16.6
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified to <16.6
Apple	macOS	unspecified to <13.5
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified to <15.7
Apple	macOS	unspecified to <11.7
Apple	macOS	unspecified to <12.6
Apple	watchOS	unspecified to <9.6

References

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Other references

Record Details

Published

2023-07-26

Last updated

2025-10-30

Assigner (CNA)

apple

Credited to

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