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🛡️ CVE-2024-23255 — ipad-os

🟢 CVSS 2.4 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-287 NVD
2.4
CVSS Score
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Description

An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4, macOS Sonoma 14.4. Photos in the Hidden Photos Album may be viewed without authentication.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with physical access to the device, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Physical — the attacker has to touch the device.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-23255 is classified as CWE-287: Improper Authentication. The identity of the caller is not established correctly, so an attacker can act as another user.

Affected software

CVE-2024-23255 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • ipad-os (fixed in 17.4)
  • iphone-os (fixed in 17.4)
  • macos (from 14.0 up to 14.4)

Timeline and source

Published on 8 March 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

support.apple.com
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Other advisories for this package

ipad-os has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-287: Improper Authentication) in other software:

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 2.4
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-287
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-03-08
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ipad-os 17.4
iphone-os 17.4
macos 14.0 14.4

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