Apple iOS and iPadOS Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

HIGH 7.8EXPLOITED (CISA KEV)CVE-2023-42824 · Published 04/10/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

Apple iOS and iPadOS Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. Actively exploited: CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 05/10/2023. Patch affected systems as an emergency.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
iOS and iPadOS Apple	Versions not published yet (product named by CISA KEV)

Description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.1 and iPadOS 16.7.1. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.6.

References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213972 · Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT213961 · Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT213972 · Vendor Advisory
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · US Government Resource
CISA KEV · CVE-2023-42824

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