CVE-2023-42838

State: Published
Severity: 8.2 High
Published: Feb 21, 2024
Updated: Nov 4, 2025
Reserved: Sep 14, 2023

Description

An access issue was addressed with improvements to the sandbox. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.3, macOS Sonoma 14.1, macOS Monterey 12.7.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code out of its sandbox or with certain elevated privileges.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.2 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

Affected Products

Product	Versions
macOSApple	before 13.6Affected
macOSApple	before 14.1Affected
macOSApple	before 12.7Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214038
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214037
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984

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