CVE-2024-23285

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: 2024-03-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4. An app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk.

Affected products

Apple macOS: from 14.0 before 14.4 — fixed in 14.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple macOS 14.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/120895
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214084
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084

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