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CVE-2023-42878

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 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: 2024-02-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-922

Description

A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

Affected products

• Apple Ipad Os: before 17.1 — fixed in 17.1
• Apple Iphone Os: before 17.1 — fixed in 17.1
• Apple macOS: 14.0
• Apple watchOS: before 10.1 — fixed in 10.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple Ipad Os 17.1; Apple Iphone Os 17.1; Apple watchOS 10.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213988
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213988
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213982
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213988

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