CVE-2023-41991
Apple Multiple Products Improper Certificate Validation Vulnerability
- Published
- Sep 21, 2023
- Updated
- Nov 4, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Evidence observed
- Sep 25, 2023
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 91.2%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
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.
Sources
2- appsignExploit
iOS/macOS library that exploits CVE-2023-41991 for signing iOS applications.
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