CVE-2023-27955: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, macOS Monterey 12.6.4, tvOS 16.4, macOS Big Sur 11.7.5. An app may be able to read arbitrary files.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 16.4 (fixed in 16.4)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 16.4 (fixed in 16.4)
• Apple macOS: from 11.0, before 11.7.5 (fixed in 11.7.5); from 12.0, before 12.6.4 (fixed in 12.6.4); from 13.0, before 13.3 (fixed in 13.3)

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