CVE-2024-40783: Apple macOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The issue was addressed with improved restriction of data container access. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8. A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: from 12.0, before 12.7.6 (fixed in 12.7.6); from 13.0, before 13.6.8 (fixed in 13.6.8); from 14.0, before 14.6 (fixed in 14.6)

Published 2024-07-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.