CVE-2023-38571: Apple macOS

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. 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 bypass Privacy preferences.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: before 11.7.9 (fixed in 11.7.9); from 12.0, before 12.6.8 (fixed in 12.6.8); from 13.0, before 13.5 (fixed in 13.5)

Published 2023-07-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.