Medium · 5.5 CVE-2023-40438 EUVD-2023-45009GHSA-95h7-88rj-5gc6

An issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7. An app …

Published Jan 10, 2024 · Updated Nov 4, 2025 · Assigned by apple

Vendor: Apple Product: iOS and iPadOS Product: macOS Platform: iOS Platform: macOS

Description

An issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7. An app may be able to access edited photos saved to a temporary directory.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected	Fixed
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified – < 16.7	16.7
Apple	macOS	unspecified – < 14	14

Advisories 1

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References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213927
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940