# CVE-2023-38606: Apple Multiple Products Kernel Unspecified Vulnerability

> CVE-2023-38606: Apple Multiple Products Kernel Unspecified Vulnerability. CVSS 5.5 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-38606
Last updated: 2025-10-30T18:31:27Z

- Published: 2023-07-26 23:55 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-30 18:31 UTC · Assigner: apple
- CVSS: 5.5 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS: 2.9%, 87th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2023-07-26, federal due date 2023-08-16, ransomware use: Unknown

## Description

This issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.8, iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, tvOS 16.6, macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, macOS Ventura 13.5, watchOS 9.6. An app may be able to modify sensitive kernel state. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.1.

## CISA required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

## Affected vendors and products

- Apple: iOS and iPadOS
- Apple: macOS
- Apple: tvOS
- Apple: watchOS

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38606)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38606)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213846](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213846)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213848](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213848)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-38606 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-38606.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2023-38606 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:13:23.677Z