CVE-2023-37450The issue was addressed with improved checks.
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It affects Apple Safari and 7 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.
CISA lists it as known exploited since Jul 13, 2023; federal agencies had to remediate by Aug 3, 2023. Treat that date as your deadline.
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The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, Safari 16.5.2, tvOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5, watchOS 9.6. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Jul 13, 2023; federal remediation due Aug 3, 2023Apply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 18.95% (percentile 97)
- Assigned by
- apple
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Apple Safari apple:safari (from the name) | from unspecified before 16.5 | CNA record |
Apple tvOS apple:tvos (from the name) | from unspecified before 16.6 | CNA record |
Apple iOS and iPadOS apple:ios_and_ipados (from the name) | from unspecified before 16.6 | CNA record |
Apple macOS apple:macos (from the name) | from unspecified before 13.5 | CNA record |
Apple watchOS apple:watchos (from the name) | from unspecified before 9.6 | CNA record |
apple safari apple:safari | before 16.5.2 | NVD |
apple ipados apple:ipados | before 16.6 | NVD |
apple iphone_os apple:iphone_os | before 16.6 | NVD |
apple macos apple:macos | from 13.0 before 13.5 | NVD |
apple tvos apple:tvos | before 16.6 | NVD |
apple watchos apple:watchos | before 9.6 | NVD |
webkitgtk webkitgtk+ webkitgtk:webkitgtk+ | before 2.42.3 | NVD |
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213826vendor-advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213846vendor-advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841vendor-advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843vendor-advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213848vendor-advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04third-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-37450us-government-resource
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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