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CVE-2023-40419
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 17, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, watchOS 10. An app may be able to gain…
High7.8EPSS 0.30%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 17, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, watchOS 10. An app may be able to gain elevated privileges.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 43 days later
· 43 days later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- An app may be able to gain elevated privileges
- CWE-noinfo Not enough information
Affected products
References (9)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213938 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213937 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213936 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2023-40419)Record last updated .