CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-38565
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-07-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.8, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, macOS Ventura 13.5, watchOS 9.6. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
Affected configurations
• apple ipados (< 15.7.8)
• apple ipados (>= 16.0 < 16.6)
• apple iphone os (< 15.7.8)
• apple iphone os (>= 16.0 < 16.6)
• apple macos (< 11.7.9)
• apple macos (>= 12.0 < 12.6.8)
• apple macos (>= 13.0 < 13.5)
• apple tvos (< 16.6)
• apple watchos (< 9.6)
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213848 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213842 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213846 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213848 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213842 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213846 Vendor Advisory