CVE-2023-42844

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, macOS Monterey 12.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. A website may be able to access sensitive user data when resolving symlinks.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	>= unspecified, < 14.1
Apple	macOS	>= unspecified, < 13.6
Apple	macOS	>= unspecified, < 12.7
apple	macos	< 12.7; < 13.6; < 14.1

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/21Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/26Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213983Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213985Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213983Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213985Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/21Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/26Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213983Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213985Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213983Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213985Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 25, 2023
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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