macOS Big Sur 11.3 Fixes Privacy Bypass Vulnerability in Remote Login

CVE-2021-30856 · CRITICAL Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

This issue was addressed by adding a new Remote Login option for opting into Full Disk Access for Secure Shell sessions. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.3. A malicious unsandboxed app on a system with Remote Login enabled may bypass Privacy preferences.

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