High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 10, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-40393

Description

An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. Photos in the Hidden Photos Album may be viewed without authentication.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOSllm-fuzzy2 versions
pre-14+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: pre-14
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Apple Inc./Ipadosllm-fuzzy
Range: pre-17
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: pre-17
Apple Inc./iOS and iPadOScpe-rescue
Range: unspecified

Patches

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/120949nvd
support.apple.com/en-us/120950nvd
support.apple.com/kb/HT213940nvd

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