Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 27, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-41968
CVE-2023-41968
Description
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.
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Affected products
9<17+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <17
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
<=13.5, <=12.6, <=14.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=13.5, <=12.6, <=14.0
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- Range: <17
<10+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <10
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- Range: <17
- Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
17- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10nvd
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3nvd
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6nvd
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8nvd
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213931nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213932nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213937nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213938nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213940nvd
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