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CVE-2024-27849VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2024-27849: Apple macOS · An app may be able to read sensitive location information

Affects Apple macOSSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 3.3 Low.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
3.3Low
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 6% 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:L/I:N/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 28 Oct 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 macOSAffected
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Fixed in–

AI-suggested

This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15. Users and administrators should update to macOS Sequoia 15 or later to ensure this vulnerability is remediated. No additional mitigation is indicated by the vendor advisory.

Description

CVE-2024-27849 is a privacy vulnerability in Apple macOS where an application may be able to read sensitive location information due to insufficient redaction of private data in log entries. This issue has been addressed with improved private data redaction in macOS Sequoia 15. The vulnerability has a low severity rating and does not require user interaction to be exploited but requires local access with limited privileges.

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