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  "kind": "base",
  "id": "crds:cve-2023-41061",
  "revision": 1,
  "title": "Apple Wallet — an attachment that executes",
  "summary": "A crafted attachment reaching the wallet component on an Apple device runs code, because a validation step waved it through. Apple reports active exploitation, chained with the image handling flaw published beside it.",
  "source_type": "cve",
  "severity": "high",
  "cvss": {
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    "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "version": "3.1"
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    "exploit_available": false,
    "attack_complexity": "low",
    "kev_added": "2023-09-11",
    "prerequisites": "The attacker must deliver the attachment to the device."
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  "remediation": {
    "patch_available": true,
    "fixed_in": [
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      "iPadOS 16.6.1",
      "watchOS 9.6.2"
    ]
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  "mitre_attack": [
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  "kill_chain": "execution",
  "recommended_action": "Update to iOS and iPadOS 16.6.1 or watchOS 9.6.2. This was half of a chain that arrived by message, so the device's patch level is the only control that matters.",
  "confidence": "medium",
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    {
      "type": "cisa",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "label": "CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog"
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    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213905"
    },
    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213907"
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  "published_at": "2023-09-07T18:15:07.617Z",
  "issued_at": "2026-09-24T12:52:19.575Z",
  "tags": [
    "apple",
    "ios",
    "wallet",
    "code-execution",
    "exploit-chain",
    "kev"
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