CVE-2023-41992: Apple Multiple Products Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

High severity, CVSS 7.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2023-09-25. EPSS: 9.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Ventura 13.6. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 16.7 (fixed in 16.7); version 17.0 only
• Apple iPhone OS: before 16.7 (fixed in 16.7); version 17.0 only
• Apple macOS: from 12.0, before 12.7 (fixed in 12.7); from 13.0, before 13.6 (fixed in 13.6)

Published 2023-09-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.