Apple macOS: Locked Notes content may have been unexpectedly unlocked
Priority LOW 36Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.3. Locked Notes content may have been unexpectedly unlocked.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01411 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed macOS (Apple): 11.3
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA macOS (Apple) Fixed in 11.3
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Apple macOS 11.3
62 records Highest priority Priority CRITICAL 3 CRITICAL, 1 HIGH, 9 MEDIUM, 49 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2021-11050 Out-of-bounds write in Apple macOSPriority CRITICAL 97
- TI-2021-11048 Integer overflow in Apple macOSPriority CRITICAL 97
- TI-2021-11046 Use after free in Apple iOS and iPadOSPriority CRITICAL 97
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-1859
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w647-5772-8rc2
References
Advisory 1
More Apple Macos vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-46583 Improper authentication in Apple macOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-28008 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-22441 Apple iOS and iPadOS: An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-22440 Memory corruption in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-17951 Out-of-bounds write in Apple Safari KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-17847 Use after free in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2021-1859 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-1859 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w647-5772-8rc2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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