CVE-2023-40401 Auth bypass in macOS

What is CVE-2023-40401?

CVE-2023-40401 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 25 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.1. An attacker may be able to access passkeys without authentication.

Weakness: CWE-306

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-40401?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2023-40401?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40401 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2023-40401 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40401 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-468w-3r6j-mchw.