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CVE-2024-23205VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2024-23205: Apple iOS and iPadOS · An app may be able to access sensitive user data

Affects Apple iOS and iPadOSSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 12% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 8 Mar 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Apple iOS and iPadOSAffected
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Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Apple has released official patches addressing this vulnerability in iOS 17.4, iPadOS 17.4, and macOS Sonoma 14.4. Users and administrators should update affected devices to these versions or later to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation actions are required beyond applying the official updates.

Description

CVE-2024-23205 is a privacy vulnerability in Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Sonoma that allowed an app to access sensitive user data due to insufficient redaction of private data in log entries. This issue was addressed by Apple with improved private data redaction in log entries. The vulnerability affects devices running versions prior to iOS 17.4, iPadOS 17.4, and macOS Sonoma 14.4. Apple released official patches in these versions to mitigate the issue. The CVSS score is 5.5 (medium severity), reflecting a local attack vector with low complexity and no user interaction required, resulting in high confidentiality impact but no integrity or availability impact. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.

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