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CVE-2023-40435

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-40435 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Apple Xcode 15 that could allow an application to access App Store credentials. The issue was resolved by enabling hardened runtime. With a CVSS score of 5.5, it requires user interaction and local access for exploitation, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 15CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
14.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 18th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

support.apple.com / kb/HT213939
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/7
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213939
Release NotesVendor Advisory