CVE-2023-42959: Apple macOS

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: before 14.0 (fixed in 14.0)

Published 2024-07-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.