CVE-2023-41991 is a certificate validation vulnerability affecting Apple's macOS, iOS, and iPadOS, allowing a malicious app to bypass signature validation. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.5) requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to achieve high integrity impact (I:H). Apple has confirmed active exploitation of this zero-day vulnerability against iOS versions prior to 16.7, leading to its inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog. Despite no public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, highlighting its critical nature.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 16.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 16.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.0, < 13.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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