How severe is CVE-2023-41061?

CVE-2023-41061 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2023-41061: Apple iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS Wallet Code Execution

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Apple iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS Wallet Code Execution Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2023-09-11

Remediation due

2023-10-02

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/HT213905, https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213907; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41061

Description

A validation issue was addressed with improved logic. This issue is fixed in watchOS 9.6.2, iOS 16.6.1 and iPadOS 16.6.1. A maliciously crafted attachment may result in arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableyes

Technical impacttotal

Exploitation Context

as of October 13, 2026

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CISA added CVE-2023-41061 to the KEV catalog 4 days after its CVE record was published. The median for entries added in 2023 is 12 days.
It is one of 95 Apple entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 21 added in 2023.
Its current EPSS score (4.4%) is higher than that of 17% of CISA KEV entries.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Apple	Apple iOS and iPadOS	unspecified to <16.6
Apple	Apple watchOS	unspecified to <9.6

References

6 Links

Other references

Record Details

Published

2023-09-07

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

apple

Credited to

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