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CVE-2023-41974 — Apple Ipados

CISA KEV

CVSS v3.1 7.8 (HIGH) · EPSS 0.1% (higher than 39.9% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 9/10 · Published 2024-01-10

As of 2026-03-12, CVE-2023-41974 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, CVSS v3.1 7.8, EPSS 0.1% (39.9th percentile). It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-03-05), with a US federal remediation deadline of 2026-03-26. Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2023-41974, most recently “Coruna iOS Exploit Kit — 23 Exploits Across 5 Chains Targeting iOS 13-17.2.1 (CVE-2021-30952, CVE-2023-41974, CVE-2023-43000 + 20 More)”.

Last updated: 2026-03-12

What is CVE-2023-41974?

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, iOS 15.8.7 and iPadOS 15.8.7. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

The record classifies CVE-2023-41974 under weakness class CWE-416. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs no prior authentication, needs a user to take an action first, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 2 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 977 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score: 7.8 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (FIRST): 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.9% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV: Listed since 2026-03-05, federal remediation deadline 2026-03-26
Threadlinqs priority: 9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9
Published: 2024-01-10, last modified 2026-03-12

Is CVE-2023-41974 being exploited?

CISA added CVE-2023-41974 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-03-05, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2026-03-26 under BOD 22-01. It currently carries a trending score of 25 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

Apple: Ipados, Iphone Os

How to fix CVE-2023-41974

The record marks a vendor fix as available for CVE-2023-41974. Patch reference: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938. Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/120949. Because CVE-2023-41974 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2026-03-26. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2023-41974

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2023-41974, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Coruna iOS Exploit Kit — 23 Exploits Across 5 Chains Targeting iOS 13-17.2.1 (CVE-2021-30952, CVE-2023-41974, CVE-2023-43000 + 20 More) — CRITICAL · 2026-03-06

Sources

Seeded from nvd and not yet processed by the Threadlinqs enrichment pipeline, so blank CVSS, EPSS or KEV fields above mean NOT MEASURED rather than measured-absent.

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