CVE-2023-42829 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The issue was addressed with additional restrictions on the observability of app states. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to access SSH passphrases.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00455.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apple	Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-47250	The issue was addressed with additional restrictions on the observability of app states. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to access SSH passphrases.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845

History

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-200
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-01-10T22:03:52.901Z

Updated: 2025-06-16T18:35:22.300Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.448Z

Link: CVE-2023-42829

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:30:24.614Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-10T22:15:49.803

Modified: 2025-06-16T19:15:23.140

Link: CVE-2023-42829

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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