CVE-2016-1851: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Screen Lock feature in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 mishandles password profiles, which allows physically proximate attackers to reset expired passwords in the lock-screen state via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.11.4

Published 2016-05-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.