CISA KEV entry
CVE-2023-38606Apple Multiple Products Kernel Unspecified Vulnerability
Apple Multiple Products. Added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 26 July 2023.
Data status: a source is stale
Last synced CISA catalogue version 2026.11.04 (released 4 November 2026) 1,768 entries Updated manually
- Date added
- 2023-07-26
- Federal due date
- 2023-08-16 21 days after it was added; passed at the sync of 2026-11-05
- Known ransomware use
- Unknown
- Forensic triage (BOD 26-04)
- No
- CVSS
- 5.5 Medium CVSS 3.1, scored by nvd@nist.gov
- EPSS
- 2.89% percentile 86.9, scored 2026-11-04
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact partial
- NVD status
- Analyzed published 2023-07-27, -1 days before the KEV listing
BOD 26-04 remediation window
With CISA's SSVC answers for this CVE (automatable: no, technical impact: partial), BOD 26-04 Table 1 gives 14 days on a publicly exposed asset (row 4) and 14 days on an asset that is not publicly exposed (row 12) S06. The catalogue due date, 21 days after the date added, was set before BOD 26-04 took effect on 10 June 2026 S06. The directive binds US federal civilian executive branch agencies only.
What CISA says
Short description
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS contain an unspecified vulnerability allowing an app to modify a sensitive kernel state.
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843,https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844,https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845,https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213846,https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213848 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38606
CWE in the catalogue
Not provided by source
Official links
- CISA KEV catalogue entry cisa.gov
- NVD record nvd.nist.gov
Vendor advisory and patch links
References NVD tags Vendor Advisory or Patch, exactly as NVD lists them.
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213846 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213848 Vendor Advisory
Links in CISA's notes
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843,https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844,https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845,https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213846,https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213848
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38606
NVD details
- CWE (NVD)
- NVD-CWE-noinfo by nvd@nist.gov
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N- CVSS versions in NVD
- V31
- Last modified in NVD
- 2026-06-17T06:10:49.160
Where each value comes from
| Field | Source | Fetched, UTC | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalogue fields | CISA KEV JSON, version 2026.11.04 | 2026-11-05 11:38 | current |
| NVD published, status, CVSS, CWE, vendor links | NVD CVE API 2.0; CVSS: NVD (nvd@nist.gov) | 2026-11-03 12:37 | current at 2026-11-05 11:38 |
| EPSS | FIRST EPSS API, scores of 2026-11-04 | 2026-11-05 11:38 | current |
| CISA SSVC | CISA ADP (via NVD), record of 2024-10-23 | 2026-11-03 12:37 | current |
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