CVE-2023-38261: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 16.6 (fixed in 16.6)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 16.6 (fixed in 16.6)
• Apple macOS: before 13.5 (fixed in 13.5)

Published 2023-07-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.