CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-40440

Published: Sep 12, 2023 | Modified: Jun 25, 2025

CVSS 3.x

7.5

HIGH

Source:

NVD

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

CVSS 2.x

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

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Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40440
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

This issue was addressed with improved state management of S/MIME encrypted emails. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.8. A S/MIME encrypted email may be inadvertently sent unencrypted.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Macos	Apple	12.0.0 (including)	12.6.8 (excluding)

References

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