CVE-2023-42832

HighCVSS 7.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.0/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
ApplemacOS>= unspecified, < 13.5
ApplemacOS>= unspecified, < 11.7
ApplemacOS>= unspecified, < 12.6

References

Timeline

Published
Jan 10, 2024
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2023-42832: High severity, CVSS 7.0 | Vulnix