CVE-2023-42973: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 4.0. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Private Browsing tabs may be accessed without authentication. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. The issue was addressed with improved UI.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: version 17.0 only
• Apple iPhone OS: version 17.0 only

Published 2025-04-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.