CVE-2023-42829 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Apple macOS (Big Sur, Monterey, and Ventura) that could allow an application to access SSH passphrases due to insufficient restrictions on app state observability. With a CVSS score of 5.5, this local vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to high confidentiality impact (C:H) if exploited. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. Apple has addressed this issue in macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, and macOS Ventura 13.5.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 11.7CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 12.6CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 13.5CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.0, < 11.7.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.0.0, < 12.6.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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