Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 10, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-40438

Description

An issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7. An app may be able to access edited photos saved to a temporary directory.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOSllm-fuzzy2 versions
Sonoma 14+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: Sonoma 14
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Apple Inc./Ipadosllm-fuzzy
Range: 16.7
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: 16.7
Apple Inc./iOS and iPadOScpe-rescue
Range: unspecified

Patches

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213927nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT213927nvd
support.apple.com/kb/HT213940nvd

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