Private information disclosure via unspecified Accounts checks
Published Jul 29, 2024 · Updated Apr 2, 2026
Information disclosure in Accounts in Apple macOS Sonoma before 14.6 allows local users to access private information via a malicious application. Apple states only that improved checks addressed the issue and has not published the affected Accounts code path or incorrect operation. Exploitation requires user interaction to run the local application; the reported consequence is limited to reading private information.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Accounts in Apple macOS Sonoma before 14.6 allows local users to access private information via a malicious application. Apple states only that improved checks addressed the issue and has not published the affected Accounts code path or incorrect operation. Exploitation requires user interaction to run the local application; the reported consequence is limited to reading private information.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-40804
- Published
- Jul 29, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- macOS
- Classifications
- CWE-200, T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 29, 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 <14.6
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