{"id":"CVE-2023-42855","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-42855","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:58:18.501Z","title":"An attacker with physical access may be able to silently persist an Apple ID on an erased device.","description":"This issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. An attacker with physical access may be able to silently persist an Apple ID on an erased device.","published":"2024-02-21T07:15:49.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:24:41.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"product-security@apple.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["apple/ipad os","apple/iphone os"],"epss":{"score":0.00253,"percentile":0.16711,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.25%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213982","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42855","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}