CVE-2023-42861

Summary

CVE-2023-42861 is a vulnerability affecting macOS Sonoma that has been addressed in version 14.1. This issue involves a logic problem with state management, which could allow an attacker with standard user credentials to bypass the locked screen of another standard user on the same Mac. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability does not require elevated privileges, increasing the potential attack surface. The improvement in state management serves to mitigate this issue and safeguard user security.

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