CVE-2023-42838

8.6 highEPSS 0.2%

High (8.6) in apple macos. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An access issue was addressed with improvements to the sandbox. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.3, macOS Sonoma 14.1, macOS Monterey 12.7.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code out of its sandbox or with certain elevated privileges.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.6 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 9% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-284
Published: 2024-02-21
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:macos

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037

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