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CVE-2023-23503
A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.2, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3, iOS…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.22%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.2, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3, iOS 15.7.3 and iPadOS 15.7.3, tvOS 16.3, watchOS 9.3. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 46 days later
· 46 days later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.22% · top 88% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
- CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-288 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 16.3
- affected unspecified – < 16.3
- affected unspecified – < 15.7
- affected unspecified – < 13.2
- affected unspecified – < 9.3
References (5)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213606 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213601 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213598 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213605 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213599 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2023-23503)Record last updated .