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CVE-2023-41065: Apple iOS and iPadOS · An app may be able to read sensitive location information

Affects Apple iOS and iPadOSSource CVE Database V5

0

Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 15:59 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated Medium by the CNA (apple) · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 28% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 26 Sep 2023

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

The vulnerability is fixed in Apple OS versions tvOS 17, iOS 17, iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, and macOS Sonoma 14. Users and administrators should update to these versions to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated.

Description

CVE-2023-41065 is a privacy vulnerability in Apple iOS and iPadOS where an app may be able to read sensitive location information due to insufficient redaction of private data in log entries. This issue has been addressed by Apple with improved private data redaction in the releases tvOS 17, iOS 17, iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, and macOS Sonoma 14.

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