Medium severity4.7NVD Advisory· Published Sep 27, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-41979

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOS Sonomallm-fuzzy
Range: before 14
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified

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References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT213940nvd

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