CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-40861

Published: Sep 17, 2024 | Modified: Nov 04, 2025

CVSS 3.x

7.8

HIGH

Source:

NVD

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

CVSS 2.x

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

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Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40861
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Macos	Apple	*	15.0 (excluding)

References

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