CVE-2023-42935 Information disclosure in macOS

What is CVE-2023-42935?

CVE-2023-42935 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 23 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.4. A local attacker may be able to view the previous logged in user’s desktop from the fast user switching screen.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-42935?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2023-42935?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-42935 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-42935 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-42935 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Macos

• CVE-2026-65400 Apple macOS Improper Authentication Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-44146 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-44148 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-38586 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-40455 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0

All Apple Macos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-x8jc-9x8v-27f5.