CVE-2024-40778 (GCVE-0-2024-40778)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-07-29 22:16
Modified
2025-11-04 17:22
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- Photos in the Hidden Photos Album may be viewed without authentication
Summary
An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.6, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9. Photos in the Hidden Photos Album may be viewed without authentication.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||||||||||||
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| ► | Apple | iOS and iPadOS |
Version: unspecified < 17.6 |
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