CVE-2021-30908
An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, macOS Big Sur 11.6.1. A local attacker may be able to view the previous logged-in user’s desktop from the fast user switching screen.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, macOS Big Sur 11.6.1. A local attacker may be able to view the previous logged-in user’s desktop from the fast user switching screen.
- Record
CVE-2021-30908- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 Low
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, macOS Big Sur 11.6.1. A local attacker may be able to view the previous logged-in user’s desktop from the fast user switching screen.
- Record
CVE-2021-30908- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-17825 No score
An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, macOS Big Sur 11.6.1. A local attacker may be able to view the previous logged-in user’s desktop from the fast user switching screen.
- Record
EUVD-2021-17825- Updated
- 2026-11-03
Affected products
History
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-30908 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.3) in Apple Macos, published August 24, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.