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CVE-2024-40594

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-07-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-312

Description

The OpenAI ChatGPT app before 2024-07-05 for macOS opts out of the sandbox, and stores conversations in cleartext in a location accessible to other apps.

References

• https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/07/chatgpts-much-heralded-mac-app-was-storing-conversations-as-plain-text/
• https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/3/24191636/openai-chatgpt-mac-app-conversations-plain-text
• https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/07/chatgpts-much-heralded-mac-app-was-storing-conversations-as-plain-text/
• https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/3/24191636/openai-chatgpt-mac-app-conversations-plain-text

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