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CVE-2023-41991
Apple Multiple Products
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L N R U N H N 5.5 .1338 96.3 YES
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
iOS and iPadOS unspecified – —
macOS unspecified – —
TIMELINE
Sep 6 Reserved by apple
Sep 21 Published (CNA: apple)
Sep 25 Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2023-10-16
Description
A certificate validation issue was addressed. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7. A malicious app may be able to bypass signature validation. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| September 6, 2023 | Reserved | Reserved by apple |
| September 21, 2023 | Published | Published (CNA: apple) |
| September 25, 2023 | KEV ADDED | Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2023-10-16 |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | — | unspecified | — |
| Apple | macOS | — | unspecified | — |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2023-41991 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Sunday, October 4, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.