CVE-2023-42891: Apple macOS

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

An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.2, macOS Ventura 13.6.3, macOS Monterey 12.7.2. An app may be able to monitor keystrokes without user permission.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: from 12.0.0, before 12.7.2 (fixed in 12.7.2); from 13.0, before 13.6.3 (fixed in 13.6.3); from 14.0, before 14.2 (fixed in 14.2)

Published 2023-12-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.