Vulnerability details

CVE-2024-40849

Apple macOS
CVSS 3.1
7.5High

Official description

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.1. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.5High 3.1 CISA ADP / Vulnrichment (CISA-ADP) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Apple macOS v < 15.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

1
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Details

Published
2026-04-02
Last updated
2026-04-02
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
apple

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.24%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
15.2%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
Yes
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-362
    Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')