CVE-2023-23520

Summary

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 9.3, tvOS 16.3, macOS Ventura 13.2, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3. A user may be able to read arbitrary files as root.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
AppleiOS and iPadOSunspecified < 16.3affected
AppletvOSunspecified < 16.3affected
ApplemacOSunspecified < 13.2affected
ApplewatchOSunspecified < 9.3affected

Weaknesses

  • A user may be able to read arbitrary files as root

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References