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CVE-2024-40796

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-07-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-359

Description

A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8. Private browsing may leak some browsing history.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 16.7.9 — fixed in 16.7.9
• Apple Iphone Os: before 16.7.9 — fixed in 16.7.9
• Apple macOS: before 12.7.6; from 13.0 before 13.6.8; from 14.0 before 14.6 — fixed in 12.7.6, 13.6.8, 14.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 16.7.9; Apple Iphone Os 16.7.9; Apple macOS 12.7.6, 13.6.8, 14.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/120908
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/120910
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/120911
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/120912
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/17
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/19
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/20
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214116
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214118
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214119
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214120

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