CVE-2024-40829: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8, watchOS 10.6. An attacker may be able to view restricted content from the lock screen.

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: from 13.0, before 13.6.8 (fixed in 13.6.8)
• Apple watchOS: before 10.6 (fixed in 10.6)

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