Sensitive data disclosure via unsanitized environment
Published Jun 10, 2024 · Updated Apr 2, 2026
Information disclosure in Spotlight across affected Apple operating systems allows local users to read sensitive user data through an app. Apple identifies inadequate environment sanitization in Spotlight but has not disclosed which environment inputs are mishandled or the operation that reveals the data. Exploitation requires local app execution and user interaction; the reported consequence is data reading, not modification or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Spotlight across affected Apple operating systems allows local users to read sensitive user data through an app. Apple identifies inadequate environment sanitization in Spotlight but has not disclosed which environment inputs are mishandled or the operation that reveals the data. Exploitation requires local app execution and user interaction; the reported consequence is data reading, not modification or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-27806
- Published
- Jun 10, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- CWE-200, T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 10, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <16.7.8
- Affected versionversion=0 <17.5
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