CVE-2023-41990

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-01-08. Federal remediation due 2024-01-29.

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

1.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 69.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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

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

2023-09-11 23:29Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-09-06

Assigning CNA

apple

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.1

Document digest

16d26a94fa88c5382a2bc842072ed9cf5eb452b1f7aac7242d55e66d1cfbd94e

• 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/HT213842
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213605
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213599
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-41990government-resource