CVE-2023-42961

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 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: 2025-04-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Sonoma 14, macOS Ventura 13.6, macOS Monterey 12.7. A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions.

Affected products

Apple iPadOS: before 16.7 — fixed in 16.7
Apple Iphone Os: before 16.7 — fixed in 16.7
Apple macOS: from 12.0 before 12.7; from 13.0 before 13.6 — fixed in 12.7, 13.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 16.7; Apple Iphone Os 16.7; Apple macOS 12.7, 13.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/120328
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120329
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120337
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120949
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120950

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