CVE-2023-41992 — Apple Ipados Vulnerability

What is CVE-2023-41992?

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Ventura 13.6. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.

The record classifies CVE-2023-41992 under weakness class CWE-754. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 5 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 1137 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score: 7.8 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (FIRST): 9.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.3% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV: Listed since 2023-09-25, federal remediation deadline 2023-10-16
Threadlinqs priority: 9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9
Published: 2023-09-21, last modified 2025-11-04

Is CVE-2023-41992 being exploited?

CISA added CVE-2023-41992 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-09-25, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2023-10-16 under BOD 22-01. Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2023-41992 is publicly available. 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 47 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

WHW0x455/CVE-2023-41992 (github)
trickest/cve (trickest)

Affected products and versions

Apple: Ipados, Ipados 17.0, Iphone Os, Iphone Os 17.0, Macos

How to fix CVE-2023-41992

The record marks a vendor fix as available for CVE-2023-41992. Patch reference: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213926. Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213927. Because CVE-2023-41992 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2023-10-16. 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-2023-41992

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2023-41992, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Hack-for-Hire Espionage Campaign Targeting MENA Civil Society via Predator/Intellexa Mercenary Spyware — HIGH · 2026-04-08

Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV, GitHub Security Advisories, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.

Other references

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