CVE-2023-38596: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The issue was addressed with improved handling of protocols. This issue is fixed in tvOS 17, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may fail to enforce App Transport Security.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 17.0 (fixed in 17.0)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 17.0 (fixed in 17.0)
• Apple macOS: before 14.0 (fixed in 14.0)
• Apple tvOS: before 17.0 (fixed in 17.0)
• Apple watchOS: before 10.0 (fixed in 10.0)

Published 2023-09-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.