CVE-2023-23543: Apple iPadOS

Low severity, CVSS 3.6. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The issue was addressed with additional restrictions on the observability of app states. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, iOS 15.7.4 and iPadOS 15.7.4, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, watchOS 9.4. A sandboxed app may be able to determine which app is currently using the camera.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.7.4 (fixed in 15.7.4); from 16.0, before 16.4 (fixed in 16.4)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 15.7.4 (fixed in 15.7.4); from 16.0, before 16.4 (fixed in 16.4)
• Apple macOS: before 13.3 (fixed in 13.3)

Published 2023-05-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.