CVE-2023-32409

criticalknown exploitedcovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2023-05-22

Actively exploited. CVE-2023-32409 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-05-22) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.

Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari WebKit contain an unspecified vulnerability that can allow a remote attacker to break out of the Web Content sandbox. This vulnerability could impact HTML parsers that use WebKit, including but not limited to Apple Safari and non-Apple products which rely on WebKit for HTML processing.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: AppleOther

What: Apple products contain an unspecified vulnerability that can allow a remote attacker to escape the Web Content sandbox.
Who is affected: Users of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari are affected.
Urgency: Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action: Update to the latest version of affected Apple products to mitigate the vulnerability.

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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 97% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (1)

criticalexploitedCVE-2023-32409: Apple Multiple Products WebKit Sandbox Escape Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2023-05-22

External references

NVD record for CVE-2023-32409

CVE.org record

CISA KEV catalog

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