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CVE-2023-42845 — An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management

An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. Photos in the Hidden Photos Album may be viewed without authentication.

CVSS
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EPSS
15.00% (top 65.30%)
CWE
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Published
2023-10-25T18:32:10.790Z
Last modified
2025-02-13T17:09:49.099Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. Photos in the Hidden Photos Album may be viewed without authentication.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
ApplemacOSunspecified
AppleiOS and iPadOSunspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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