CVE-2023-40541

Sensitive data disclosure via missing consent prompt

Published Sep 26, 2023 · Updated Nov 4, 2025

Information disclosure in Shortcuts in Apple macOS before 14 allows local users to output sensitive user data without consent. Shortcuts releases the requested data without presenting the additional consent prompt that Apple added in the corrected implementation. A local user able to run a shortcut can disclose data that should remain gated by user consent; no write or availability impact is reported.

CVSS severity5.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.29%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Information disclosure in Shortcuts in Apple macOS before 14 allows local users to output sensitive user data without consent. Shortcuts releases the requested data without presenting the additional consent prompt that Apple added in the corrected implementation. A local user able to run a shortcut can disclose data that should remain gated by user consent; no write or availability impact is reported.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-40541
Published
Sep 26, 2023
Updated
Nov 4, 2025
Vendor
Apple
Product
macOS
Classifications
T1005
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 26, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=unspecified <14

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Apple · macOSversion=unspecified <14

Published CVSS scores

5.5GitHub Advisory DatabaseCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

T1005Data from Local System

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