CVE-2023-42845: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. Photos in the Hidden Photos Album may be viewed without authentication.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: from 17.0, before 17.1 (fixed in 17.1)
• Apple iPhone OS: from 17.0, before 17.1 (fixed in 17.1)
• Apple macOS: from 14.0, before 14.1 (fixed in 14.1)

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