CVE-2024-40818: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This issue was addressed by restricting options offered on a locked device. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8, watchOS 10.6. An attacker with physical access may be able to use Siri to access sensitive user data.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 16.7.9 (fixed in 16.7.9); from 17.0, before 17.6 (fixed in 17.6)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 16.7.9 (fixed in 16.7.9); from 17.0, before 17.6 (fixed in 17.6)
• Apple macOS: before 13.6.8 (fixed in 13.6.8); from 14.0, before 14.6 (fixed in 14.6)
• Apple watchOS: before 10.6 (fixed in 10.6)

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