CVE-2024-40856: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An integrity issue was addressed with Beacon Protection. This issue is fixed in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia 15, tvOS 18. An attacker may be able to force a device to disconnect from a secure network.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 18.0 (fixed in 18.0)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 18.0 (fixed in 18.0)
• Apple macOS: before 15.0 (fixed in 15.0)

Published 2024-09-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.