CVE-2023-41968

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to read arbitrary files.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - product-security@apple.com

Published

2023-09-27

Last modified

2025-11-04

Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected products

• Ios And Ipados (Apple)
• Ipados (Apple)
• Iphone Os (Apple)
• Macos (Apple)
• Tvos (Apple)
• Watchos (Apple)

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213931
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213932
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213937
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213938
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940