CVE-2023-37450

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-07-13. Federal remediation due 2023-08-03.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total 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

18.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 97.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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

2023-07-26 23:21Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:05Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-07-05

Assigning CNA

apple

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

598a802900ec42072c8910989211a809840157fa184a1fdc40fcab984ade7179

• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213826
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213846
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213848
• security.gentoo.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-37450government-resource