Apple Multiple Products WebKit Sandbox Escape Vulnerability
CVE-2023-32409 is a security vulnerability in Apple Multiple Products, added to CISA KEV on May 22, 2023. Patch priority: Plan to patch.
What it is
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari WebKit contain an unspecified vulnerability that can allow a remote attacker to break out of the Web Content sandbox. This vulnerability could impact HTML parsers that use WebKit, including but not limited to Apple Safari and non-Apple products which rely on WebKit for HTML processing.
VulnCheck tracked exploitation 4 days before CISA's KEV listing. VulnCheck's broader catalog of in-the-wild exploitation evidence picked this up before it landed on CISA's formal list. Per-CVE fact about this entry; not a population claim about lead time in general.
Who's affected
Affects anyone running Macs, iPhones, or iPads in the office. For a small practice, Apple endpoints are typically how staff handle email, browse client portals, and store local case files — exploitation gives an attacker access to that data on the device.
What to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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Insurance readiness
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CVSS base score: 8.6 — HIGH
CISA due date
Federal deadline: June 12, 2023. Federal agencies must complete the required action by this date. For private SMBs the deadline is advisory — but treat it as a strong recommendation, especially if you handle regulated data (HIPAA, GLBA, ABA model rules).
EPSS
EPSS score: 16.5% — higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.
EPSS estimates the probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days. Every entry on this site is already confirmed exploited, so read it as relative urgency among the things you still have open, not as permission to wait.
Other exploited Apple Multiple Products entries
More CISA KEV entries for Apple Multiple Products. Same product line, same actively-exploited status.
Source
This entry comes from CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, public US-Government data we pull daily. The plain-language framing and the what-to-do guidance above are ours. View the original entry on cisa.gov.