Known exploited · Apple
CVE-2023-32439: Apple Multiple Products WebKit Type Confusion Vulnerability
What it is
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari WebKit contain a type confusion vulnerability that leads to code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content. 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.
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- Multiple Products
- Added to KEV
- June 23, 2023
- CISA due date
- July 14, 2023
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
What CISA requires
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Forensic triage
No
What to do now
- Find every instance of Multiple Products you run, including the forgotten ones, and check its version against the vendor advisory.
- Apply the vendor's fix or mitigation, before July 14, 2023 if you are bound by CISA's deadline, sooner if it faces the internet.
- Assume it was tried against you already: look for signs of exploitation from the date it was added, not from the day you patched.
References
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Start freeSource: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog (public domain), catalog version 2026.10.01.