🛡️ CVE-2023-40438
🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-379 NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

An issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7. An app may be able to access edited photos saved to a temporary directory.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-379
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-01-10
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2025-11-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ipados 16.7
iphone-os 16.7
macos 14.0

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