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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2024-40794 json

This issue was addressed through improved state management.

published 2024-07-29 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-38635

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.6, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6. Private Browsing tabs may be accessed without authentication.

Patch / fix

  • Apple Safari 17.6
  • Apple iOS and iPadOS 17.6
  • Apple macOS 14.6
  • wpewebkit Debian 14, Debian 13 2.44.3-1
  • webkit2gtk Debian 12 2.44.3-1~deb12u1
  • webkit2gtk Debian 14, Debian 13 2.44.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-40794

  • webkit2gtk3 SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 2.44.3-150600.12.9.1
  • webkit2gtk4 SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP6, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 2.44.3-150600.12.9.1
  • webkit2gtk3-soup2 SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 2.44.3-150600.12.9.1
  • webkit2gtk3 SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 +3 more 2.44.3-150400.4.88.1
  • webkit2gtk4 SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 +3 more 2.44.3-150400.4.88.1
  • webkit2gtk3-soup2 SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 +5 more 2.44.3-150400.4.88.1
  • webkit2gtk3 SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +4 more 2.44.3-150200.118.1
  • webkit2gtk3 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5 +1 more 2.44.3-4.12.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:3109-1SUSE-SU-2024:3091-1SUSE-SU-2024:3052-1SUSE-SU-2024:3005-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-40794 updated cvss 5.3

webkitgtk: webkit2gtk: Private Browsing tabs may be accessed without authentication

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 webkitgtk Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 webkitgtk3, webkitgtk4, libwebkit2gtk, webkitgtk4-jsc, webkitgtk4-plugin-process-gtk2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 webkit2gtk3, webkit2gtk3-jsc, webkit2gtk3-plugin-process-gtk2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 webkit2gtk3, webkit2gtk3-jsc
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Apple Safari
  • Apple iOS and iPadOS
  • Apple macOS

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.