CVE-2023-38616: Apple macOS

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: before 13.5 (fixed in 13.5)

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