CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-40440
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-09-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description
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 configurations
• apple macos (>= 12.0.0 < 12.6.8)
References
- https://blog.aegrel.ee/apple-mail-smime.html blog.aegrel.ee
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://blog.aegrel.ee/apple-mail-smime.html blog.aegrel.ee
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory