A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15. An app may be able to access a user's Photos Library.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00052.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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 macOS affected
Version Status Constraints
unspecified affected < 15

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/33 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/121238 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:30:00 +0000

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References

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00034}

 epss

{'score': 0.00036}

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Weaknesses CWE-281
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 23:30:00 +0000

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Description A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15. An app may be able to access a user's Photos Library.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T16:12:56.975Z

Reserved: 2024-07-10T17:11:04.699Z

Link: CVE-2024-40831

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-17T15:14:41.118Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-09-17T00:15:48.753

Modified: 2025-11-04T17:15:59.097

Link: CVE-2024-40831

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