CVE-2023-41061

criticalknown exploitedcovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2023-09-11

Actively exploited. CVE-2023-41061 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-09-11) — 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, and watchOS contain an unspecified vulnerability due to a validation issue affecting Wallet in which a maliciously crafted attachment may result in code execution. This vulnerability was chained with CVE-2023-41064.

CSIRTS triage

What: A validation issue in Wallet may allow code execution via a maliciously crafted attachment.
Who is affected: Users of Apple iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS.
Urgency: Remediation is urgent as the vulnerability is actively exploited and critical.
Action: Update to the latest version of iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS.

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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 86% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (1)

criticalexploitedCVE-2023-41061: Apple iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS Wallet Code Execution Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2023-09-11

External references

NVD record for CVE-2023-41061

CVE.org record

CISA KEV catalog

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