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CVE-2023-42942

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% 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-59

Description

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1, tvOS 17.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

Affected products

• Apple Ipad Os: before 16.7.2 — fixed in 16.7.2
• Apple iPadOS: 17.0
• Apple Iphone Os: before 16.7.2; 17.0 — fixed in 16.7.2
• Apple macOS: from 13.0 before 13.6.1; 14.0 — fixed in 13.6.1
• Apple tvOS: through 17.1
• Apple watchOS: before 10.1 — fixed in 10.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple Ipad Os 16.7.2; Apple Iphone Os 16.7.2; Apple macOS 13.6.1; Apple watchOS 10.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213985
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213987
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213988
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213985
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213987
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213988

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