Contact disclosure via insufficient log redaction
Published Sep 16, 2024 · Updated Apr 2, 2026
Information disclosure in Apple Mail Accounts in affected iOS, iPadOS, and macOS releases allows local users to access contact data through an app. Mail Accounts writes private contact information to log entries without adequate redaction, making that data accessible to another local app. Exploitation requires a locally installed app, and the documented consequence is limited to disclosure of information about the current user's contacts.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Apple Mail Accounts in affected iOS, iPadOS, and macOS releases allows local users to access contact data through an app. Mail Accounts writes private contact information to log entries without adequate redaction, making that data accessible to another local app. Exploitation requires a locally installed app, and the documented consequence is limited to disclosure of information about the current user's contacts.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-40791
- Published
- Sep 16, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- CWE-532, T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 16, 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 <17.7
- Affected versionversion=0 <18
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