CVE-2024-40828highCWE-281

CVE-2024-40828: high-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS

Published 29 Jul 2024 · Updated 02 Apr 2026

E-mail alert when it lands in KEV, gets a public PoC or its score goes up.

21Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 8.4epss 0.3%

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Apple · macOS

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References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/19 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/20 https://support.apple.com/en-us/120910 https://support.apple.com/en-us/120911 https://support.apple.com/en-us/120912 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214118 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214119 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214120 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214118 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214119 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214120