A downgrade issue was addressed with additional code-signing restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15, macOS Sonoma 14.7, macOS Ventura 13.7. An attacker may be able to read sensitive information.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 0.00149.

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
0 affected < 13.7
0 affected < 14.7
0 affected < 15

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/33 cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/40 cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/41 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/121234 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/121238 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/121247 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A downgrade issue was addressed with additional code-signing restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7, macOS Sonoma 14.7, macOS Sequoia 15. An attacker may be able to read sensitive information. A downgrade issue was addressed with additional code-signing restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15, macOS Sonoma 14.7, macOS Ventura 13.7. An attacker may be able to read sensitive information.

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00153}

 epss

{'score': 0.0018}

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:15:00 +0000

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

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A downgrade issue was addressed with additional code-signing restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7, macOS Sonoma 14.7, macOS Sequoia 15. An attacker may be able to read sensitive information.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-02T18:27:27.691Z

Reserved: 2024-07-10T17:11:04.709Z

Link: CVE-2024-40848

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-17T18:50:28.941Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-09-17T00:15:49.330

Modified: 2026-04-02T19:17:57.110

Link: CVE-2024-40848

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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