TI-2023-21255 Aliases CVE-2023-40437 GHSA-5gg2-crpj-78wq

Apple iOS and iPadOS: An app may be able to read sensitive location information

LOW 24Published 2024-01-10 · Updated 2025-06-03

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to read sensitive location information.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00206 10th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed iOS and iPadOS (Apple): 16.6macOS (Apple): 13.5

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	before 16.6	16.6	Patch available	CNA
Apple	macOS	before 13.5	13.5	Patch available	CNA

iOS and iPadOS VendorApple Affected before 16.6 Fixed in 16.6 Patch available CNA
macOS VendorApple Affected before 13.5 Fixed in 13.5 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::	before 16.6	Vulnerable	Apple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::	before 16.6	Vulnerable	Apple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::	before 13.5	Vulnerable	Apple

cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 16.6 Vulnerable ·Apple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 16.6 Vulnerable ·Apple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 13.5 Vulnerable ·Apple

Remediation

Fix · CNA iOS and iPadOS (Apple) Fixed in 16.6
Fix · CNA macOS (Apple) Fixed in 13.5

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2024-01-10
Apple macOS 13.5
7 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 6 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-22951 Apple Safari: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code executionPriority MEDIUM 41
- TI-2023-22917 Apple macOS: An app may be able to gain root privilegesPriority LOW 35
- TI-2023-22921 Race condition in Apple macOSPriority LOW 32
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Release · 2024-01-10
Apple iOS and iPadOS 16.6
4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-22951 Apple Safari: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code executionPriority MEDIUM 41
- TI-2023-21257 Path traversal in Apple iOS and iPadOSPriority LOW 16
- TI-2023-21213 Improper input validation in Apple iOS and iPadOSPriority LOW 15
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-40437
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5gg2-crpj-78wq

References

Advisory 2

TI-2025-28008 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2025-22441 Apple iOS and iPadOS: An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-22440 Memory corruption in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-17951 Out-of-bounds write in Apple Safari KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2025-17847 Use after free in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2022-06854 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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