Back
CVE-2023-40528
This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in tvOS 17, watchOS 10, macOS Sonoma 14, iOS 17 and iPadOS…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.25%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in tvOS 17, watchOS 10, macOS Sonoma 14, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Ventura 13.6.4. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 22 months later
· 22 months 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 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.25% · top 84% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-284 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (11)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214058 (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/HT213940 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213937 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213938 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213936 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/37 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214058 (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)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2023-40528)Record last updated .