High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Aug 24, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-30923

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOSv52 versions
unspecified+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <12.0.1
Apple Inc./macOS Montereyllm-fuzzy
Range: 12.0.1
Apple Inc./Ipados
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <15.1
Apple Inc./Iphone OS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <15.1

Patches

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT212869nvd
support.apple.com/kb/HT212867nvd

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