CVEs / CVE-2021-30713

CVE-2021-30713: Apple macOS Unspecified Vulnerability

Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 3 Nov 2021
high 7.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
EPSS 7.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
Last changed at its sources 17 Jun 2026

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Summary

Apple macOS Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) contains an unspecified permissions issue which may allow a malicious application to bypass privacy preferences.
CISA, Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Description

A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.4. A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..
The CVE record, via NVD · published 8 Sep 2021 · NVD status: Analyzed

Affected and fixed versions

As stated by the CVE record (from the CNA)
Product	Affected	Fixed in
Apple macOS	from unspecified, before 11.4	11.4

Exploitation

In CISA KEV since	3 Nov 2021
Due date for US federal agencies	17 Nov 2021
Used in ransomware campaigns	Unknown
Required action	Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity

CVSS 3.1	7.8 high `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` Scored by NVD
Weakness	CWE-862

References

CVE-2021-30713 on NVD
CVE-2021-30713 in the CISA KEV catalog
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/40 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212529 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212805 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-30713 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

Sources

Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.

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