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CVE-2024-44278

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-10-28 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1, visionOS 2.1, watchOS 11.1. A sandboxed app may be able to access sensitive user data in system logs.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 17.7.1; from 18.0 before 18.1 — fixed in 17.7.1, 18.1
• Apple Iphone Os: before 17.7.1; from 18.0 before 18.1 — fixed in 17.7.1, 18.1
• Apple macOS: from 13.0 before 13.7.1; from 14.0 before 14.7.1 — fixed in 13.7.1, 14.7.1
• Apple visionOS: before 2.1 — fixed in 2.1
• Apple watchOS: before 11.1 — fixed in 11.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 17.7.1, 18.1; Apple Iphone Os 17.7.1, 18.1; Apple macOS 13.7.1, 14.7.1; Apple visionOS 2.1; Apple watchOS 11.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121563
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121564
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121565
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121566
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121567
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121568
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/121570
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/10
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/11
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/12
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/13
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/14

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