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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-42942

CVE-2023-42942: 
macOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

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.

Source: NVD

Related macOS vulnerabilities:

CVE ID

Severity

Score

Technologies

Component name

CISA KEV exploit

Has fix

Published date

CVE-2026-65346HIGH8.8
  • macOS logomacOS
  • ImageIO
NoYesAug 17, 2026
CVE-2026-65349MEDIUM6.6
  • macOS logomacOS
  • Kernel
NoYesAug 17, 2026
CVE-2026-65347MEDIUM6.5
  • macOS logomacOS
  • ImageIO
NoYesAug 17, 2026
CVE-2026-20679MEDIUM4.3
  • macOS logomacOS
  • CoreUI
NoYesAug 21, 2026
CVE-2026-65351MEDIUM4.3
  • Apple Safari logoApple Safari
  • WebKit
NoYesAug 17, 2026

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