CVE-2023-42861

mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.008 · 56 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.80% (56th) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1. An attacker with knowledge of a standard user's credentials can unlock another standard user's locked screen on the same Mac.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-732USprimary

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apple macOS <12.7.5all versionscert_bundDE
Apple macOS <13.6.7all versionscert_bundDE
Apple macOS <14.5all versionscert_bundDE
Apple macOS< 12.7.5cert_bundDE
Apple macOS< 13.6.7cert_bundDE
Apple macOS< 14.5cert_bundDE
Apple macOSunspecified → 14.1enisa_euvdEU
apple macos14.0 → 14.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2753Apple macOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-10-25csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple macOS ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen oder vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen.
WID-SEC-W-2024-1109Apple macOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-05-13csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple macOS ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erweitern, beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen oder vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-10-25modified 2026-06-17

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references (16)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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