CVE-2021-30657

CRITICALNVD 5.59.0
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

“▲” beside the score: it is higher than NVD's CVSS score.

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5 retained for reference. The 9.0 is the floor for confirmed exploitation, not an impact rating: this CVE's impact severity (EG Severity) is CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM under GitHub Security Advisory CVSS. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV) — the reason this is sooner than the SSVC decision on this page at every mission impact level
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 69%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: Metasploit · other public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

The CVE record names the fixed release — apply it.

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.3, Security Update 2021-002 Catalina. A malicious application may bypass Gatekeeper checks. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
9.0CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
65
EG Risk 65/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity55% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 5.5 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation100% × 40%
Fixed at 100% for a CISA KEV listing: EchelonGraph's rule.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: The CVE record names the fixed release. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
69%
EPSS %ILE
99th
KEV
⚠ Exploited

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.0): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.0 is the CISA KEV floor for confirmed exploitation, not an impact rating: its impact severity (EG Severity) is CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM.

EG Severity
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
69% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-22). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
CISA KEV and EG-KEV Tier 1 (exploited in the wild)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 14 days if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

The CVE record names the fixed release. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 14 days if it is not.

In CISA KEV yes (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

CISA required action“Apply updates per vendor instructions.”

Quoted verbatim from CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. CISA directs it at US federal civilian executive branch agencies under Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04, which replaced BOD 22-01 on 10 June 2026; it is not EchelonGraph's advice. CISA's notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30657

Published

September 8, 2021

Last Modified

October 23, 2025

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Oct 20, 2026
⚠️ Actively exploited (CISA KEV, CISA Vulnrichment). Fix named in the CVE record. Sources: cisa.
CISA🔴 Active Exploitation

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-30657
Web page

About the security content of Security Update 2021-002 Catalina - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212326
Web page

About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.3 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212325

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 19× in last 7d / 170× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 99 of 1,047 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 1 repeat row among the latest 100 is merged into the row it repeats. The 948 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-23 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 69% · 99th percentile
  2. 2026-10-23 07:22 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-23 07:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  4. 2026-10-22 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 69% · 99th percentile
  5. 2026-10-22 07:25 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-22 07:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  7. 2026-10-21 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 69% · 99th percentile
  8. 2026-10-21 07:29 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-21 07:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  10. 2026-10-20 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 69% · 99th percentile
  11. 2026-10-20 07:34 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-20 07:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  13. 2026-10-19 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 69% · 99th percentile
  14. 2026-10-19 07:38 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-19 07:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  16. 2026-10-18 07:42 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-18 07:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
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  19. 2026-10-17 07:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  20. 2026-10-16 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 69% · 99th percentile
  21. 2026-10-16 07:51 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-16 07:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  23. 2026-10-15 07:56 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-10-15 07:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  25. 2026-10-14 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 69% · 99th percentile
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  1. 2026-10-14 07:58 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-14 07:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  3. 2026-10-13 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 69% · 99th percentile
  4. 2026-10-13 08:03 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  5. 2026-10-12 19:18 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-12 08:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  7. 2026-10-12 04:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  8. 2026-10-12 00:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  9. 2026-10-11 19:59 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-11 19:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
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  12. 2026-10-11 15:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
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  14. 2026-10-11 11:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  15. 2026-10-11 07:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  16. 2026-10-11 03:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  17. 2026-10-10 23:50 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-10 23:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  19. 2026-10-10 19:56 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 69% · 99th percentile
  20. 2026-10-10 19:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  21. 2026-10-10 15:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  22. 2026-10-10 11:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  23. 2026-10-10 07:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  24. 2026-10-10 03:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  25. 2026-10-09 23:48 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-10-09 23:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  27. 2026-10-09 20:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 69% · 99th percentile
  28. 2026-10-09 19:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  29. 2026-10-09 15:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  30. 2026-10-09 11:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  31. 2026-10-09 07:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  32. 2026-10-09 03:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  33. 2026-10-08 23:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  34. 2026-10-08 19:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  35. 2026-10-08 15:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  36. 2026-10-08 11:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  37. 2026-10-08 07:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
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  39. 2026-10-08 03:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  40. 2026-10-07 23:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 69% · 99th percentile
  41. 2026-10-07 23:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  42. 2026-10-07 19:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  43. 2026-10-07 15:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  44. 2026-10-07 11:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  45. 2026-10-07 07:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
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  50. 2026-10-06 15:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  51. 2026-10-06 15:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 69% · 99th percentile
  52. 2026-10-06 11:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  53. 2026-10-06 07:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  54. 2026-10-06 03:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  55. 2026-10-05 23:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  56. 2026-10-05 19:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  57. 2026-10-05 15:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  58. 2026-10-05 11:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  59. 2026-10-05 07:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  60. 2026-10-05 03:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  61. 2026-10-04 23:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  62. 2026-10-04 19:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  63. 2026-10-04 15:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  64. 2026-10-04 11:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  65. 2026-10-04 07:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
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  67. 2026-10-03 23:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
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  69. 2026-10-03 15:34 UTCEG score recompute
  70. 2026-10-03 15:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  71. 2026-10-03 14:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 69% · 99th percentile
  72. 2026-10-03 11:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  73. 2026-10-03 07:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  74. 2026-10-03 03:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4f6h-9vp6-5p6r · GitHub CVSS 5.5

Publicly available exploits

(2 references)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Metasploit module, 1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

  • Metasploitexploit/osx/browser/osx_gatekeeper_bypass✓ verified
    Published May 7, 2021

    macOS Gatekeeper check bypass

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCshubham0d/CVE-2021-30657
    Published Nov 7, 2021

    A sample POC for CVE-2021-30657 affecting MacOS

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2021-30657?
CVE-2021-30657 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on September 8, 2021. A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.3, Security Update 2021-002 Catalina. A malicious application may bypass Gatekeeper checks. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..
When was the CVE record for CVE-2021-30657 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2021-30657 was published on September 8, 2021. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 23, 2025; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2021-30657 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2021-30657 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, affecting Apple macOS. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate attention. The CVE record names the fixed release. Apply it.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-30657?
CVE-2021-30657 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0 (CRITICAL).
Which products are affected by CVE-2021-30657?
CVE-2021-30657 affects Apple macOS.
How do I remediate CVE-2021-30657?
The CVE record for CVE-2021-30657 names the fix: "This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.3, Security Update 2021-002 Catalina."

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