Unrated severityCISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Jul 26, 2023· Updated Oct 30, 2025

CVE-2023-38606

Description

This issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.8, iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, tvOS 16.6, macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, macOS Ventura 13.5, watchOS 9.6. An app may be able to modify sensitive kernel state. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.1.

Affected products

Apple Inc./tvOSv5
Range: unspecified
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified
Apple Inc./watchOSv5
Range: unspecified
Apple/iOS and iPadOSv5
Range: unspecified

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213846mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213848mitre

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