CVE-2023-42889mediumCWE-290

CVE-2023-42889: medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS

Published 21 Feb 2024 · Updated 04 Nov 2025

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13Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 5.3epss 0.4%

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, macOS Monterey 12.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. An app may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences.

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

Affected products

Apple · macOS

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References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213983 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213985 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213985