CVE-2023-43000

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-03-05. Federal remediation due 2026-03-26.

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 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

3.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 89.3% 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

2025-11-05 18:33Z10 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-03-12 00:52Z5 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-09-14

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-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

3f7ecd70200c3d7ef37551472a18a8ee8f7f8d2f68ed67edd0f85c66165d61bb

• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/120331
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/120338
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/120324
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/126632
• cloud.google.comhttps://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/coruna-powerful-ios-exploit-kitthird-party-advisory
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-43000government-resource