Is CVE-2023-23505 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-23505 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-23505?

CVE-2023-23505 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.3 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-23505?

CVE-2023-23505 has an EPSS score of 0.23% (14th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-23505?

Upgrade ipados to 16.3 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-23505

LOW

3.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.3, macOS Ventura 13.2, watchOS 9.3, macOS Big Sur 11.7.3, iOS 15.7.3 and iPadOS 15.7.3, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3. An app may be able to access information about a user’s contacts.

CWE-532

How to fix

Remediation Available

ipadosNVD

Affected:>= 16.0, < 16.3Fixed in:16.3CVE-2023-23505derived from NVD

iphone osNVD

Affected:>= 16.0, < 16.3Fixed in:16.3CVE-2023-23505derived from NVD

macosNVD

Affected:>= 13.0, < 13.2Fixed in:13.2CVE-2023-23505derived from NVD

watchosNVD

Affected:< 9.3Fixed in:9.3CVE-2023-23505derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.23%probability of exploitation in 30 days

14thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 14% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory6

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-532 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2019-1622	Medium	5.3	79%	-	-
CVE-2020-35234	High	7.5	63%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-43261	High	7.5	60%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-20440	High	7.5	51%	-	-
CVE-2018-3609	High	8.1	22%	-	-
CVE-2018-8719	Medium	5.3	16%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-03-11.