CVE-2024-23295
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA permissions issue was addressed to help ensure Personas are always protected. This issue is fixed in visionOS 1.1. An unauthenticated user may be able to use an unprotected Persona.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA permissions vulnerability in visionOS allowed unauthenticated users to access and use Personas (digital user representations in FaceTime and spatial apps) that should have been protected. This authorization bypass in the Persona access control mechanism was fixed in visionOS 1.1.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 1.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Apple Vision Pro hardware in useIdentify if the device is an Apple Vision Pro headset. This vulnerability affects only this hardware platform, not other Apple devices.Affected if The device is an Apple Vision Pro running visionOS
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Check installed visionOS versionNavigate to Settings > Privacy & Security > Software Update on the Vision Pro device, or use the device management console to retrieve the current visionOS version number.Affected if visionOS version cannot be determined or is not visible
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Compare version to affected rangeTake the installed visionOS version (e.g., 1.0.x) and compare it numerically to 1.1. Any version lower than 1.1 falls within the affected range.Affected if visionOS version is 1.0 or any version below 1.1
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Verify Personas feature is configuredCheck if any Personas (digital user representations) have been created and enabled for FaceTime or spatial apps on the device. Look in Settings > Apple ID > iCloud > Personas or within FaceTime app settings.Affected if Personas are created and active on the device
The environment is affected if the Vision Pro runs any visionOS version below 1.1 AND has Personas feature enabled, as this combination allows the authorization bypass to be exploitable.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped1.1
Update Vision Pro devices to visionOS 1.1 or later to apply the security patch that enforces proper Persona protection.
visionOS 1.1
- Check current visionOS version on the device
- Navigate to Settings > General > Software Update on the Vision Pro device
- Ensure the device is connected to Wi-Fi and has sufficient battery
- Select "Download and Install" to update to visionOS 1.1
- Follow on-screen prompts to complete the installation
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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