Physical contact disclosure from the lock screen
Published Jun 10, 2024 · Updated Apr 2, 2026
Information disclosure in Phone in Apple watchOS before 10.5 allows physically proximate attackers to view contacts from the lock screen. Apple states that improved state management corrected the issue but has not published which Phone state transition improperly exposes contact information. Physical possession of a locked Apple Watch is required, and the documented consequence is limited to viewing contact information.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Phone in Apple watchOS before 10.5 allows physically proximate attackers to view contacts from the lock screen. Apple states that improved state management corrected the issue but has not published which Phone state transition improperly exposes contact information. Physical possession of a locked Apple Watch is required, and the documented consequence is limited to viewing contact information.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-27814
- Published
- Jun 10, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- watchOS
- Classifications
- CWE-200, T1533
- Attack vector
- physical
- 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 <10.5
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