CVE-2021-30972: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-001 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.3. A malicious application may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: from 10.15, before 10.15.7 (fixed in 10.15.7); version 10.15.7 only
• Apple macOS: from 11.0, before 11.6.3 (fixed in 11.6.3); version 12.0.0 only; version 12.0.1 only

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