CVE-2023-40383 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3. An app may be able to access user-sensitive data.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

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 0.00066.

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	< 13.3

Configuration 1 [-]

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

No data.

No data.

Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Macos Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213670

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-22
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-01-10T22:03:41.602Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T17:05:10.794Z

Reserved: 2023-08-14T20:26:36.252Z

Link: CVE-2023-40383

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:31:53.722Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-10T22:15:48.460

Modified: 2025-06-17T17:15:30.663

Link: CVE-2023-40383

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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