high Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2023-42824Apple iOS — a local user reaches the kernel

A local attacker on an iPhone or iPad raises their privileges through a kernel flaw Apple closed with stricter checks. Apple reports attacks against builds released before iOS 16.6 and publishes nothing further.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Update to iOS and iPadOS 16.7.1. Devices still on 16.6 or earlier are precisely the ones Apple saw being attacked with this.

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THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
7.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
1%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2023-10-04
Added to KEV
2023-10-05
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
medium
Kill chain
privilege escalation
MITRE ATT&CK
T1068
Severity
high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attacker needsThe attacker must already be running code on the device.

Fixed iniOS 16.7.1, iPadOS 16.7.1

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2023-42824 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-24