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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2023-38596 json

The issue was addressed with improved handling of protocols.

published 2023-09-26 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-42395

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Apple iOS and iPadOS 17
  • Apple tvOS 17
  • Apple macOS 14
  • Apple watchOS 10

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • Apple iOS and iPadOS
  • Apple tvOS
  • Apple macOS
  • Apple watchOS

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.