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CVE-2023-23520

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-02-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-367

Description

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 products

• Apple iPadOS: before 16.3 — fixed in 16.3
• Apple Iphone Os: before 16.3 — fixed in 16.3
• Apple macOS: before 13.2 — fixed in 13.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 16.3; Apple Iphone Os 16.3; Apple macOS 13.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213599
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213601
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213605
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213606
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213599
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213601
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213605
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213606

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