CVE-2023-41992
Apple Multiple Products Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
What is affected
| Vendor | Apple |
|---|---|
| Product | Multiple Products |
| Weakness | CWE-754 |
The vulnerability
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS contain an unspecified vulnerability that allows for local privilege escalation.
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 16 October 2023 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.
Where this comes from
Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 13 Nov 2026, 00:30. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.
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