CVE-2024-40842

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (5.5) in apple macos. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was addressed with improved validation of environment variables. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15. An app may be able to access user-sensitive data.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 14% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-200
Published: 2024-09-17
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:macos

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/121238
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/33

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