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CVE-2023-42846

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-10-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, tvOS 17.1, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. A device may be passively tracked by its Wi-Fi MAC address.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 16.7.2; from 17.0 before 17.1 — fixed in 16.7.2, 17.1
• Apple Iphone Os: before 16.7.2; from 17.0 before 17.1 — fixed in 16.7.2, 17.1
• Apple tvOS: before 17.1 — fixed in 17.1
• Apple watchOS: before 10.1 — fixed in 10.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 16.7.2, 17.1; Apple Iphone Os 16.7.2, 17.1; Apple tvOS 17.1; Apple watchOS 10.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/19
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/22
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/23
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/25
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213987
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213988
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213981
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213982
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213987
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213988

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