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CVE-2021-30855

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-08-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

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 2021-005 Catalina, iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8, iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, macOS Big Sur 11.6. An application may be able to access restricted files.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 14.8 — fixed in 14.8
• Apple Iphone Os: before 14.8 — fixed in 14.8
• macOS: before 10.15.7; 10.15.7, 10.15.7-security_update_2020-001, 10.15.7-security_update_2021-001, 10.15.7-security_update_2021-002, 10.15.7-security_update_2021-003, 10.15.7-security_update_2021-004 (+1) — fixed in 10.15.7
• Apple macOS: before 11.6 — fixed in 11.6
• Apple tvOS: before 15.0 — fixed in 15.0
• Apple watchOS: before 8.0 — fixed in 8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 14.8; Apple Iphone Os 14.8; macOS 10.15.7; Apple macOS 11.6; Apple tvOS 15.0; Apple watchOS 8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212804
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212805
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212807
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212814
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212819
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212815
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212804
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212805
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212807
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212814
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212819
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212815

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