CVE-2024-40864 Information disclosure in iOS and iPadOS

What is CVE-2024-40864?

CVE-2024-40864 is a low-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 31 Mar 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The issue was addressed with improved handling of protocols. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2, macOS Sequoia 15.2, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5, tvOS 18.2, watchOS 11.2. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to track a user's activity.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-40864?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2024-40864?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-40864 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-40864 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-40864 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• 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-3286-4p8w-f9gp.