CVE-2021-30970: Apple macOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 14.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.1, macOS Big Sur 11.6.2. A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: from 11.0, before 11.2.6 (fixed in 11.2.6); from 12.0, before 12.1 (fixed in 12.1)

Published 2021-08-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.