iPadOS vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.
iPadOS is made by Apple. We track 1,667 published vulnerabilities in it, across 125 versions. 72 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 5 March 2026. If you run iPadOS, check your version against the exploited flaws below and patch those first.
The most recent iPadOS flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2023-41974, on 5 March 2026. We keep watching the known-exploited list.
Which versions of iPadOS do the exploited flaws hit?
Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, usually as ranges. "before 15.8.7" means every version up to, but not including, 15.8.7. Find your version, then patch.
- CVE-2023-41974Exploited list, 5 Mar 2026
Apple iOS and iPadOS Use-After-Free Vulnerability
before 15.8.716.0 to before 17.0 - CVE-2021-30952Exploited list, 5 Mar 2026
Apple Multiple Products Integer Overflow or Wraparound Vulnerability
before 15.2 - CVE-2022-48503Exploited list, 20 Oct 2025
Apple Multiple Products Unspecified Vulnerability
before 15.6 - CVE-2025-43300Exploited list, 21 Aug 2025
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
before 15.8.516.0 to before 16.7.12 - CVE-2025-6558Exploited list, 22 Jul 2025
Google Chromium ANGLE and GPU Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
before 18.6 - CVE-2025-43200Exploited list, 16 Jun 2025
Apple Multiple Products Unspecified Vulnerability
before 15.8.416.0 to before 16.7.1117.0 to before 17.7.518.0 to before 18.3.1 - CVE-2025-31200Exploited list, 17 Apr 2025
Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability
before 18.4.1 - CVE-2025-31201Exploited list, 17 Apr 2025
Apple Multiple Products Arbitrary Read and Write Vulnerability
before 18.4.1 - CVE-2025-24201Exploited list, 13 Mar 2025
Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
15.8 to before 15.8.416.7 to before 16.7.1117.0 to before 17.7.618.0 to before 18.3.2 - CVE-2025-24200Exploited list, 12 Feb 2025
Apple iOS and iPadOS Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability
before 17.7.518.0 to before 18.3.1 - CVE-2025-24085Exploited list, 29 Jan 2025
Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability
before 18.3 - CVE-2024-44308Exploited list, 21 Nov 2024
Apple Multiple Products Code Execution Vulnerability
before 17.7.218.0 to before 18.1.1 - CVE-2024-44309Exploited list, 21 Nov 2024
Apple Multiple Products Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
before 17.7.218.0 to before 18.1.1 - CVE-2024-23296Exploited list, 6 Mar 2024
Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability
before 16.7.817.0 to before 17.4 - CVE-2024-23225Exploited list, 6 Mar 2024
Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability
before 16.7.617.0 to before 17.4 - CVE-2022-48618Exploited list, 31 Jan 2024
Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability
before 16.2 - CVE-2024-23222Exploited list, 23 Jan 2024
Apple Multiple Products WebKit Type Confusion Vulnerability
before 15.8.716.0 to before 16.7.517.0 to before 17.3 - CVE-2023-41990Exploited list, 8 Jan 2024
Apple Multiple Products Code Execution Vulnerability
before 15.7.816.0 to before 16.3 - CVE-2023-42917Exploited list, 4 Dec 2023
Apple Multiple Products WebKit Memory Corruption Vulnerability
before 15.8.116.0 to before 16.7.317.0 to before 17.1.2 - CVE-2023-42916Exploited list, 4 Dec 2023
Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability
before 15.8.116.0 to before 16.7.317.0 to before 17.1.2 - CVE-2023-42824Exploited list, 5 Oct 2023
Apple iOS and iPadOS Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
before 16.7.1 - CVE-2023-5217Exploited list, 2 Oct 2023
Google Chromium libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
16.717.0 to before 17.0.3 - CVE-2023-41991Exploited list, 25 Sep 2023
Apple Multiple Products Improper Certificate Validation Vulnerability
before 16.717.0 - CVE-2023-41993Exploited list, 25 Sep 2023
Apple Multiple Products WebKit Code Execution Vulnerability
before 17.0.1 - CVE-2023-41992Exploited list, 25 Sep 2023
Apple Multiple Products Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
before 16.717.0 - CVE-2023-41061Exploited list, 11 Sep 2023
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS Wallet Code Execution Vulnerability
before 16.6.1 - CVE-2023-41064Exploited list, 11 Sep 2023
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS ImageIO Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
before 15.7.916.0 to before 16.6.1 - CVE-2023-38606Exploited list, 26 Jul 2023
Apple Multiple Products Kernel Unspecified Vulnerability
before 15.7.816.0 to before 16.6 - CVE-2023-37450Exploited list, 13 Jul 2023
Apple Multiple Products WebKit Code Execution Vulnerability
before 16.6 - CVE-2023-32439Exploited list, 23 Jun 2023
Apple Multiple Products WebKit Type Confusion Vulnerability
before 15.7.716.0 to before 16.5.1
Showing the 30 most recently added of 72 exploited flaws. The full list is below.
Which iPadOS vulnerabilities are being exploited?
50 flaws are on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.
- 7.8Apple iOS and iPadOS Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Apple iOS and iPadOS contain a use-after-free vulnerability.
- 7.8Apple Multiple Products Integer Overflow or Wraparound Vulnerability
Apple tvOS, macOS, Safari, iPadOS and watchOS contain an integer overflow or wraparound vulnerability due to the processing of maliciously crafted web content that may lead to arbitrary code execution.
- 8.8Apple Multiple Products Unspecified Vulnerability
Apple macOS, iOS, tvOS, Safari, and watchOS contain an unspecified vulnerability in JavaScriptCore that when processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
- 8.8Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Image I/O framework.
- 8.8Google Chromium ANGLE and GPU Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
Google Chromium contains an improper input validation vulnerability in ANGLE and GPU.
- 4.2Apple Multiple Products Unspecified Vulnerability
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and visionOS, contain an unspecified vulnerability when processing a maliciously crafted photo or video shared via an iCloud Link.
- 7.1Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and other Apple products contain a memory corruption vulnerability that allows for code execution when processing an audio stream in a maliciously crafted media file.
- 7.5Apple Multiple Products Arbitrary Read and Write Vulnerability
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and other Apple products contain an arbitrary read and write vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass Pointer Authentication.
Which iPadOS flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- 71%
Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 103.0.5060.114 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
- 41%CVE-2022-40303High
An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3.
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Apple iOS and iPadOS contain a use-after-free vulnerability. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
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We track 1,667 published vulnerabilities listed under the name iPadOS, across 125 versions. The most recent iPadOS flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2023-41974, on 5 March 2026.
72 are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2023-41974, CVE-2021-30952 and CVE-2022-48503.
Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2023-41974, affects before 15.8.7, 16.0 to before 17.0. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.
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