This was addressed with additional checks by Gatekeeper on files mounted through a network share. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.6, Security Update 2019-004 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-004 Sierra. Extracting a zip file containing a symbolic link to an endpoint in an NFS mount that is attacker controlled may bypass Gatekeeper.

Related CVEs

CVE-2019-8656

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-v653-8hvf-5c3m

Published

May 24, 2022 5:32 PM

Last Modified

May 24, 2022 5:32 PM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: July 1, 2025 6:26 AM

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