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CVE-2023-41991

INDEX BUILT · 2026-09-20

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A certificate validation issue was addressed

CVE-2023-419914 of 4 sources documented this
66

rank 66 = 40 + 14 + 0 + 6 + 6

rank@v1 · this cycle

Someone is already using it

CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS

EPSS 0.04547 · CISA KEV listed  ·  without this subject the record ranks 26

What it costs you if it fires

NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own

CVSS 5.5, from NVD  ·  without this subject the record ranks 52

It is getting worse, not staying still

FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed

no persisting rise in 365 days  ·  without this subject the record ranks 66

How much of the world it touches

NVD CPE configurations

5 products in the CPE ranges  ·  without this subject the record ranks 60

Someone else already set the date

CISA KEV remediation due date

CISA remediation date held  ·  without this subject the record ranks 60

Unaudited dollar value2 of 3 inputs carry a receipt
Exposure$139,000over the next 30 days, if this record is yours
Movementno material movementthe record holds only daily drift and scoring model releases
Basisassumeda published average, not your estate

$139,000 = $4.99M incident cost x 0.6121449559255632 exposure x 0.04547 likelihood

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Hindsight · the state

0.04547EPSSKEV · LISTED
Severity5.5 MEDIUMreceipt
Harmpartial impactreceipt
Exploitationin the wild · KEVreceipt
Defensefix version namedreceipt
Movementscoring model changedreceipt
PLATEAU10Minimal movement since 2023-09-22, 1078 days at 0.05, as of 2026-09-04. arc-rules@v1

Foresight · where to check next

Microsoft WindowsAndroidCisco SmallMicrosoft Windows41991

This record is one instance of CWE-295, improper certificate validation. The index holds 1580 prior instances of this class, 4 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. taxonomy@v1

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Reachneeds local access · no privileges required · user interaction required · low attack complexityreceipt
ImpactComplete integrity lossreceipt
Scored fromCVSS v3.1 · NVD's vectorreceipt
Weakness classCWE-295 Improper Certificate Validationreceipt
Published consequencesCWE-295: Integrity, Authentication: Bypass Protection Mechanism, Gain Privileges or Assume Identity[email protected]
Ransomware campaign useUnknown to CISAreceipt

CISA KEV & Federal Remediation Deadline from the record and CISA

The fix, and how long it's been waiting.

Fixed in16.7; 13.6receipt
Patch available sinceNo dated patch-availability record in held sources. The index holds reference URLs without dates and only the current revision of the CVE record, so the day a fix first existed cannot be derived. Only the versions it landed in.
CISA remediation statusoverdue since 2023-10-16receipt
CISA required actionApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.receipt
Published to CISA KEV4 daysderived

Exploit Status & Known PoCs a ladder, not a score

Current rung: Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed, 2023-09-25.

  • RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
  • RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published · 2 public repositories2023-11-28receipt
  • RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed2023-09-25receipt
  • RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known

Authority who says so

CVSS, NVD5.5 MEDIUMreceipt
Exploit probability0.04547 · top 9% of all CVEsreceipt
Blast breadth3 products across 1 vendorderived
Assigned byapplereceipt
Recorded changes69 · last 19 Sep 2026derived

Affected & Fixed Versions as published

Affected productApple iOS and iPadOS; Apple macOSreceipt
Published rangesapple ipados < 16.7; apple ipados 17.0; apple iphone os < 16.7; apple iphone os 17.0receipt
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apple ipados < 16.7
apple ipados 17.0
apple iphone os < 16.7
apple iphone os 17.0
apple macos >= 13.0 < 13.6
Fixed in16.7; 13.6receipt

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What it is stated by the CNA

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. receipt

NVD's analysis a second authority

severity
5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
weakness
CWE-295
affected versions
apple ipados < 16.7; apple ipados 17.0; apple iphone os < 16.7; and 2 more, listed in full below
also scored by
5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

check it yourself support.apple.com support.apple.com receipt

Dated events

2023-09-25Added to CISA KEV2023-10-16CISA remediation due2025-03-17EPSS moved 0.02 to 0.08

Movement the material steps

22 Sep 20230.00185
17 Mar 20250.07897 · scoring model v2025.03.14
15 Jun 20260.04547 · scoring model v2026.06.15

This score more than doubled inside 72 hours. Both observations are in the full history below.

Show all 55 observations
22 Sep 20230.00185
23 Sep 20230.00266
26 Sep 20230.00447
27 Sep 20230.02286
28 Sep 20230.02018
3 Oct 20230.00480
12 Oct 20230.00551
28 Nov 20230.00746
8 Jan 20240.00551
11 Jan 20240.00480
17 Jan 20240.01619
8 Feb 20240.02255
3 Mar 20240.02181
24 Jun 20240.01724
17 Jul 20240.02373
28 Jul 20240.01692
10 Aug 20240.01556
2 Sep 20240.02198
16 Sep 20240.01447
23 Oct 20240.01205
17 Dec 20240.01732
22 Jan 20250.01868
18 Feb 20250.02625
3 Mar 20250.02059
17 Mar 20250.07897
19 Mar 20250.09041
20 Mar 20250.07897
27 Mar 20250.09041
28 Mar 20250.07897
29 Mar 20250.09041
30 Mar 20250.07897
15 Apr 20250.06198
16 Jul 20250.07129
17 Jul 20250.06728
1 Aug 20250.07168
24 Sep 20250.05855
9 Oct 20250.05888
22 Oct 20250.06028
24 Oct 20250.03381
5 Nov 20250.04215
6 Nov 20250.03836
18 Nov 20250.02522
21 Nov 20250.03836
25 Dec 20250.04215
28 Jan 20260.04487
29 Jan 20260.0348
14 Feb 20260.03164
16 Mar 20260.02924
21 Mar 20260.03217
28 Apr 20260.02924
3 May 20260.02753
4 May 20260.03204
6 May 20260.03548
10 May 20260.039
15 Jun 20260.04547

55 observations held. A highlighted step crossed a promotion threshold. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the instrument was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed. receipt

The full biography

EPSS 0.04547Published2023-09-21CISA KEV2023-09-25Public PoC2023-11-28Index as of2026-09-04

Listed by CISA 4 days after it published, exploit probability more than doubled between 2023-09-26 and 2023-09-27 (0.00447 → 0.02286) and the record had been public for 2 years, 11 months when this index was last written.

No material movement in 81 days as of the last ingest this index recorded.

Published 2023-09-21 receipt · CISA KEV 2023-09-25 receipt · Public PoC 2023-11-28 receipt · Index as of 2026-09-04 derived

The pattern, elsewhere

This record is one instance of CWE-295, improper certificate validation. The index holds 1580 prior instances of this class, 4 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. [email protected]

CVE-2020-0601 · Microsoft Windowsmatches 6 of 9KEV listed · 2020receipt
CVE-2023-20963 · Androidmatches 4 of 9KEV listed · 2023receipt
CVE-2022-20703 · Cisco Small Business RV Series Router Firmwarematches 3 of 9KEV listed · 2022receipt
CVE-2022-26923 · Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809matches 3 of 9KEV listed · 2022receipt

"Matches n of m" counts the attributes the two records can both be compared on: the CVSS metrics they share a version of, any weakness class beyond this one, and the vendor. fit-rules@v1

1580 records in this class held. The six above are drawn from the ones CISA has listed as exploited, ranked by how much of the record matches this one. That is why every one of them is KEV-listed: the pool is, so the colour on those spokes says nothing the pool has not already said.

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apple ios

Of the 4 records in this family, this is the only one holding a stated fix version: 16.7; 13.6.

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