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CVE-2023-41902

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-09-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

An XPC misconfiguration vulnerability in CoreCode MacUpdater before 2.3.8, and 3.x before 3.1.2, allows attackers to escalate privileges by crafting malicious .pkg files.

Affected products

• Corecode Macupdater: before 2.3.8; from 3.0.0 before 3.1.2 — fixed in 2.3.8, 3.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Corecode Macupdater 2.3.8, 3.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gist.github.com/NSEcho/5d048a0796ceef59d6b1df1659bd1057
• https://www.corecode.io/macupdater/history2.html
• https://www.corecode.io/macupdater/history3.html
• https://gist.github.com/NSEcho/5d048a0796ceef59d6b1df1659bd1057
• https://www.corecode.io/macupdater/history2.html
• https://www.corecode.io/macupdater/history3.html

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