CVE-2023-32438: Apple iPadOS

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

This issue was addressed with improved checks to prevent unauthorized actions. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.3, macOS Ventura 13.2, watchOS 9.3, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 16.3 (fixed in 16.3)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 16.3 (fixed in 16.3)
• Apple macOS: from 13.0, before 13.2 (fixed in 13.2)
• Apple watchOS: before 9.3 (fixed in 9.3)

Published 2023-09-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.