VulnerabilityPublished 8 Mar 2024Updated 2 Apr 2026

CVE-2024-23281: Apple macOS · An app may be able to access sensitive user data

Affects Apple macOSSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.2 Medium · fixed in 14.4 : update Apple macOS when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 15:59 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

6.2Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 13% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 14.4

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Local: The vulnerable component is not bound to the network stack and the attacker’s path is via read/write/execute capabilities. Either: the attacker exploits the vulnerability by accessing the target system locally (e.g., keyboard, console), or remotely (e.g., SSH); or the attacker relies on User Interaction by another person to perform actions required to exploit the vulnerability (e.g., tricking a legitimate user into opening a malicious document).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: High: There is total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all resources within the impacted component being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 8 Mar 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Apple macOS	Affected =0	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Apple has released an official fix for this vulnerability in macOS Sonoma 14.4. Users and administrators should update affected systems to macOS Sonoma 14.4 or later to remediate this issue. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official update.

Description

CVE-2024-23281 is a privacy vulnerability in Apple macOS Sonoma where an app may be able to access sensitive user data due to insufficient redaction of private data in log entries related to accessibility notifications. This issue has been addressed by Apple with improved private data redaction in macOS Sonoma 14.4, released on March 7, 2024. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.2, indicating a medium severity level. There are no known exploits in the wild for this vulnerability. The fix is included in the official macOS Sonoma 14.4 update.

Impact

An unprivileged app on macOS Sonoma prior to version 14.4 may be able to access sensitive user data via improperly redacted log entries related to accessibility notifications. This could lead to unauthorized disclosure of private information. There is no indication of impact on system integrity or availability. No known active exploitation has been reported.

Summary

This vulnerability involves a privacy issue in macOS Sonoma where a malicious app could observe sensitive user data through log entries related to accessibility notifications. Apple fixed this issue by improving the redaction of private data in these logs. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-23281 and is resolved in macOS Sonoma 14.4. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 6.2, with the vector indicating local attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and high confidentiality impact without integrity or availability impact.

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