Improper authentication in macOS - CVE-2024-27834

Vulnerability identifier: #VU89419

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27834

CWE-ID: CWE-287

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication process.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in within the webKit component. A remote attacker can bypass pointer authentication.

macOS
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
watchOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
Basesystem Module
Desktop Applications Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
iPadOS
Apple iOS
tvOS
Ubuntu
Fedora
WPE WebKit
WebKitGTK+
Apple Safari
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package)
webkitgtk
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
webkit-jsc-4.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
webkit-jsc-6.0
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-devel
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
webkit2gtk4.0
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)

Install updates from vendor's website.

macOS - update to 14.5 23F79
WPE WebKit - update to 2.44.2
WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.44.2
watchOS - update to 10.5
iPadOS - addressed in versions 16.7.8, 17.5 21F79
Apple iOS - addressed in versions 16.7.8 20H343, 17.5 21F79
tvOS - update to 17.5
Apple Safari - update to 17.5
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.44.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.44.2-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.44.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.44.2-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.44.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.44.2-0ubuntu0.23.10.1, 2.44.2-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.44.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.44.2-0ubuntu0.23.10.1, 2.44.2-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.44.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.44.2-0ubuntu0.23.10.1, 2.44.2-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.44.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.44.2-0ubuntu0.23.10.1, 2.44.2-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
webkitgtk - addressed in versions 2.44.2-1.fc39, 2.44.2-1.fc40, 2.44.2-2.fc39, 2.44.2-2.fc40
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - addressed in versions 2.44.2-1~deb11u1, 2.44.2-1~deb12u1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.44.2-4.7.1, 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.44.2-4.7.1, 2.44.2-150200.112.1, 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.44.2-4.7.1, 2.44.2-150200.112.1, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.44.2-4.7.1, 2.44.2-150200.112.1, 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.44.2-4.7.1, 2.44.2-150200.112.1, 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-4.7.1, 2.44.2-150200.112.1, 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-4.7.1, 2.44.2-150200.112.1, 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.44.2-4.7.1, 2.44.2-150200.112.1, 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.44.2-4.7.1, 2.44.2-150200.112.1, 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-4.7.1, 2.44.2-150200.112.1, 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.44.2-4.7.1, 2.44.2-150200.112.1, 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.44.2-4.7.1, 2.44.2-150200.112.1, 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.44.2-4.7.1, 2.44.2-150200.112.1, 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit-jsc-4 - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit-jsc-4.1 - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit-jsc-6.0 - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk4-devel - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - addressed in versions 2.44.2-150400.4.83.2, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk4.0 - update to 2.44.3-2.fc40
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214106
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-093/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS Sonoma
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 17 and iPadOS 17
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple tvOS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple watchOS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple Safari
• Fedora 39 update for webkitgtk
• Fedora 40 update for webkitgtk
• Security restriction bypass in WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit
• Ubuntu update for webkit2gtk
• Fedora 39 update for webkitgtk
• Fedora 40 update for webkitgtk
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Debian update for webkit2gtk
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 16 and iPadOS 16
• Fedora 40 update for webkit2gtk4.0
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Anolis OS update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for webkitgtk4