CVE-2024-40855: Apple macOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1, visionOS 2. A sandboxed app may be able to access sensitive user data.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: before 13.7.1 (fixed in 13.7.1); from 14.0, before 14.7.1 (fixed in 14.7.1)

Published 2024-10-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.