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CVE-2021-30681

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-09-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-004 Mojave, iOS 14.6 and iPadOS 14.6, Security Update 2021-003 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.4, watchOS 7.5. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 14.6 — fixed in 14.6
• Apple Iphone Os: before 14.6 — fixed in 14.6
• macOS: from 10.14 through 10.14.5; from 10.15 through 10.15.6; 10.14.6, 10.14.6-security_update_2019-001, 10.14.6-security_update_2019-002, 10.14.6-security_update_2019-004, 10.14.6-security_update_2019-005, 10.14.6-security_update_2019-006 (+21)
• Apple macOS: from 11.0 before 11.4 — fixed in 11.4
• Apple watchOS: before 7.5 — fixed in 7.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 14.6; Apple Iphone Os 14.6; Apple macOS 11.4; Apple watchOS 7.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212528
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212529
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212530
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212531
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212533
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212528
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212529
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212530
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212531
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212533

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