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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 24, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-30855

CVE-2021-30855

Description

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-005 Catalina, iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8, iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, macOS Big Sur 11.6. An application may be able to access restricted files.

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Affected products

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  • Apple Inc./macOSllm-fuzzy2 versions
    >= 10.15.7 (Catalina) < 11.6, ≥ 11.0 < 11.6+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: >= 10.15.7 (Catalina) < 11.6, ≥ 11.0 < 11.6
    • (no CPE)range: unspecified
  • Apple Inc./watchOSllm-fuzzy
    Range: >= 7.0 < 8.0
  • Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
    Range: >= 14.0 < 14.8, ≥ 15.0 < 15.0

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