What is CVE-2024-40862?

CVE-2024-40862 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Xcode, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-09-17.

How severe is CVE-2024-40862?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Apple Xcode

CVE-2024-40862

A privacy issue was addressed by removing sensitive data. This issue is fixed in Xcode 16. An attacker may be able to determine the Apple ID of the owner of the computer.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2024-09-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple Xcode — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

support.apple.com/en-us/121239 (Vendor Advisory)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40862?: CVE-2024-40862 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Xcode, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-09-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-40862?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.