Sensitive data disclosure via deficient redaction
Published Jan 27, 2025 · Updated Apr 2, 2026
Information disclosure in Messages in Apple macOS before 15.3 allows local users to access user-sensitive data through a malicious app. Apple identifies deficient redaction in Messages but has not disclosed the affected data path or the operation that exposes the information. Exploitation requires user interaction with a local app; the reported consequence is sensitive-data access, not modification or disruption.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Messages in Apple macOS before 15.3 allows local users to access user-sensitive data through a malicious app. Apple identifies deficient redaction in Messages but has not disclosed the affected data path or the operation that exposes the information. Exploitation requires user interaction with a local app; the reported consequence is sensitive-data access, not modification or disruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-24101
- Published
- Jan 27, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- macOS
- Classifications
- CWE-922, T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 27, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <15.3
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