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CVE-2022-48503 Apple CVE debrief

CVE-2022-48503 is listed by CISA as a Known Exploited Vulnerability affecting multiple Apple products. The public record provided here does not include a detailed technical flaw description or CVSS score, but KEV inclusion means defenders should treat it as actively exploited and prioritize Apple’s vendor guidance and remediation steps. CISA added it to the KEV catalog on 2025-10-20 with a remediation due date of 2025-11-10.

Vendor
Apple
Product
Multiple Products
CVSS
Unknown
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2025-10-20
Original CVE updated
2025-10-20
Advisory published
2025-10-20
Advisory updated
2025-10-20

Who should care

Security teams and administrators responsible for Apple endpoints, managed Apple fleets, and any environment that depends on Apple products covered by the vendor advisories referenced in the KEV entry.

Technical summary

The supplied source corpus identifies this as an unspecified Apple vulnerability affecting multiple products and flags it in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Because the record is intentionally high level, the safest defensive interpretation is that affected Apple products should be reviewed against Apple’s official security advisories and remediated promptly, with priority driven by the KEV listing rather than a disclosed CVSS score.

Defensive priority

High

Recommended defensive actions

  • Inventory Apple devices and services to determine exposure to the affected product set.
  • Review and apply Apple security updates and vendor guidance for the advisories referenced by CISA.
  • Prioritize remediation before the KEV due date of 2025-11-10.
  • If mitigations are unavailable, follow CISA BOD 22-01 guidance where applicable or discontinue use of the affected product until remediation is possible.
  • Validate that remediation was applied successfully and continue monitoring for vendor updates or additional guidance.

Evidence notes

Evidence in the supplied corpus comes from CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog entry for CVE-2022-48503. The entry identifies the vendor as Apple, the product as Multiple Products, the vulnerability as unspecified, and references Apple support advisories HT213340, HT213341, HT213342, HT213345, and HT213346 in the metadata notes. No exploit details, affected version matrix, or CVSS score were provided in the supplied data.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2022-48503 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48503

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2022-48503 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48503

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

    cisa_kev

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.