CVE-2023-40408: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, watchOS 10.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. Hide My Email may be deactivated unexpectedly.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 16.7.2 (fixed in 16.7.2); from 17.0, before 17.1 (fixed in 17.1)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 16.7.2 (fixed in 16.7.2); from 17.0, before 17.1 (fixed in 17.1)
• Apple macOS: version 14.0 only
• Apple watchOS: before 10.1 (fixed in 10.1)

Published 2023-10-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.