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CVE-2023-40541

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-40541 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting macOS Sonoma 14 where a shortcut could output sensitive user data without explicit consent. The attack requires local access and low privileges, but once exploited, it could lead to high confidentiality impact without affecting integrity or availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, Apple has addressed this by adding an additional user consent prompt in macOS Sonoma 14.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 14.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 14CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
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
0.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0029 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 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/HT213940
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213940
Release NotesVendor Advisory