CVE-2024-40860: Apple macOS

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

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15, macOS Sonoma 14.7. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: before 14.7 (fixed in 14.7)

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