VulnerabilityPublished 28 Oct 2024Updated 4 Nov 2025

CVE-2024-44274: The issue was addressed with improved authentication

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Authoritative record:CVE-2024-44274· Medium 4.6

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.6 Medium.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 03:22 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

4.6Medium

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

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

Attack Vector: Physical
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: Physical: The attack requires the attacker to physically touch or manipulate the vulnerable component. Physical interaction may be brief or persistent.
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 28 Oct 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: 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 29 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.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), 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.

ghsa-jjpr-6x73-f9v6

What to do

AI-suggested

Apply the official fixes by updating to iOS 17.7.1, iPadOS 17.7.1, watchOS 11.1, iOS 18.1, or iPadOS 18.1 as these versions include the improved authentication that addresses this vulnerability.

Description

CVE-2024-44274 is a vulnerability affecting certain Apple operating systems where an attacker with physical access to a locked device could potentially view sensitive user information. The issue was addressed by improving authentication mechanisms. Fixes are included in iOS 17.7.1, iPadOS 17.7.1, watchOS 11.1, iOS 18.1, and iPadOS 18.1.

Impact

An attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able to view sensitive user information, potentially compromising user privacy. There is no indication of impact on integrity or availability. No known exploits are reported in the wild.

Summary

This vulnerability (CVE-2024-44274) involves a flaw in the authentication process on Apple devices that could allow an attacker with physical access to a locked device to view sensitive user information. The issue has been resolved through improved authentication in the specified OS versions. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 4.6, indicating a medium severity with attack vector requiring physical access, low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction needed, and impact limited to confidentiality.

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