High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Sep 27, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-40454
CVE-2023-40454
Description
A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to delete files for which it does not have permission.
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Affected products
9<17+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <17
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
<=13.5, <=12.6, <=14.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=13.5, <=12.6, <=14.0
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- Range: <=16.7, <=17.0
<10+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <10
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- Range: <=16.7, <=17.0
- Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
20- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213927nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940nvdVendor Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3nvd
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/4nvd
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6nvd
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213927nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213931nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213932nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213936nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213937nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213938nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213940nvd
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