VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-40393
An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.70%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. Photos in the Hidden Photos Album may be viewed without authentication.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.70% probability · 53th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-306
- Affected
- apple/macos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 0.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.