CVE-2023-42977: Apple Ipad OS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

Affected products

• Apple Ipad OS: 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)

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