How severe is CVE-2023-41992?

CVE-2023-41992 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 9.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2023-41992: Apple Multiple Products Kernel Privilege Escalation

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

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

Added to KEV

2023-09-25

Remediation due

2023-10-16

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/HT213926, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213927, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213928, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213929, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41992

Description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Ventura 13.6. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified to <12.7
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified to <16.7
Apple	macOS	unspecified to <13.6

References

5 Links

Other references

Record Details

Published

2023-09-21

Last updated

2025-11-04

Assigner (CNA)

apple

Credited to

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