CVE-2023-40418 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10. An Apple Watch Ultra may not lock when using the Depth app.

Published: 2023-09-26

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

watchOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 10

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:h:apple:watch_ultra:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:apple:watch_ultra_2:-:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-44989	An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10. An Apple Watch Ultra may not lock when using the Depth app.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00131.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213937

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213937

Mon, 05 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Watch Ultra Watch Ultra 2 Watchos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2023-09-26T20:15:00.172Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:18:51.036Z

Reserved: 2023-08-14T20:26:36.258Z

Link: CVE-2023-40418

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:31:53.790Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-27T15:19:09.213

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:16:39.190

Link: CVE-2023-40418

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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