CVE-2023-40388 Information disclosure in macOS

What is CVE-2023-40388?

CVE-2023-40388 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 26 Sep 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A privacy issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. Safari may save photos to an unprotected location.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-40388?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2023-40388?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40388 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-40388 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40388 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Macos

• CVE-2026-65400 Apple macOS Improper Authentication Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-44146 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-44148 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-38586 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-40455 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0

All Apple Macos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4jjj-95ch-f8xm.