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CVE-2023-42891

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-42891 is an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Apple macOS (Sonoma, Ventura, and Monterey) that could allow an application to monitor keystrokes without user permission. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to achieve high confidentiality impact (C:H) by capturing sensitive input. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 12.7CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 13.6CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 14.2CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.0.0, < 12.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 13.0, < 13.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
24.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0032 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

support.apple.com / kb/HT214036
support.apple.com / kb/HT214037
support.apple.com / kb/HT214038
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/10
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/11
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/9
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT214036
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT214037
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT214038
Release NotesVendor Advisory