CVE-2023-23520

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 56.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-02-27 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-03-11 17:21Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-01-12

Assigning CNA

apple

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.9)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race ConditionBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a552fdc76cfc1152fa84b63deb3c4a138cb8b7de1b1c786e79632be4a39515ce

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