SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2023-38596

CVE-2023-38596 — The issue was addressed with improved handling of protocols

The issue was addressed with improved handling of protocols. This issue is fixed in tvOS 17, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may fail to enforce App Transport Security.

CVSS
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EPSS
0.02% (top 96.30%)
CWE
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Published
2023-09-26T20:12:07.189Z
Last modified
2025-11-04T19:17:24.683Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

The issue was addressed with improved handling of protocols. This issue is fixed in tvOS 17, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may fail to enforce App Transport Security.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
AppleiOS and iPadOSunspecified
AppletvOSunspecified
ApplemacOSunspecified
ApplewatchOSunspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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