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CVE-2023-42845

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-42845 is an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Apple's macOS Sonoma, iOS, and iPadOS. It allows unauthorized viewing of photos within the Hidden Photos Album due to improved state management. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability has a low impact, primarily compromising confidentiality without requiring user interaction or complex attack methods. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit tools or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 17.0, < 17.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.0, < 17.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 14.0, < 14.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0076 is in the 32nd percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/19
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213982
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213984
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213982
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213984
Release NotesVendor Advisory