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CVE-2023-28178

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-28178 is a logic issue affecting Apple's macOS, iOS, and iPadOS that could allow an application to bypass Privacy preferences due to insufficient validation. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector requiring user interaction, with a high impact on integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. Apple has addressed this flaw in macOS Ventura 13.3, iOS 16.4, iPadOS 16.4, macOS Monterey 12.6.4, tvOS 16.4, and watchOS 9.4.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 16.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 16.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.0, < 12.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 13.0, < 13.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
14.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0023 is in the 18th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213674
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213676
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213677
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213678