CVE-2015-7056

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-12-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

IDE SCM in Apple Xcode before 7.2 does not recognize .gitignore files, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging the presence of a file matching an ignore pattern.

Affected products

Apple Xcode: through 7.1.1

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00004.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034340
https://support.apple.com/HT205642
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00004.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034340
https://support.apple.com/HT205642

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