Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Oct 25, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-42845

Description

An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. Photos in the Hidden Photos Album may be viewed without authentication.

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LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected products

Apple Inc./macOSllm-fuzzy2 versions
= 14.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: = 14.1
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Apple Inc./Ipadosllm-fuzzy
Range: = 17.1
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: = 17.1
Apple Inc./iOS and iPadOScpe-rescue
Range: unspecified

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/19nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT213982nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT213984nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory

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