CVE-2023-42973 (GCVE-0-2023-42973)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-04-11 14:53
Modified
2025-04-11 15:55
Severity ?
4.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • The issue was addressed with improved UI.
Summary
Private Browsing tabs may be accessed without authentication. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. The issue was addressed with improved UI.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple iOS and iPadOS Version: unspecified   < 17
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