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CVE-2023-23536

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-23536 is a kernel vulnerability affecting Apple's iOS, iPadOS, and macOS that could allow an application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. It carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is patched in recent Apple updates, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 15.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 16.0, < 16.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 15.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 13.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
20.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0028 is in the 19th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

support.apple.com / en-us/HT213670
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213673
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213674
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213675
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213676
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213677
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213678