A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-004 Mojave, iOS 14.6 and iPadOS 14.6, Security Update 2021-003 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.4, watchOS 7.5. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

Related CVEs

CVE-2021-30681

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-282h-xw4x-7x34

Published

May 24, 2022 7:13 PM

Last Modified

May 24, 2022 7:13 PM

CVSS Score

7.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: November 24, 2025 6:29 AM

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