Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2025-24146 is a critical-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor (CWE-200) vulnerability in Apple Macos. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 43% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-4 (Information Flow Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-24146 is a vulnerability in the Messages application on macOS systems, where deleting a conversation may expose user contact information in system logging due to inadequate redaction of sensitive information. The affected versions include macOS Sequoia prior to 15.3, macOS Sonoma prior to 14.7.3, and macOS Ventura prior to 13.7.3. Published on 2025-01-27, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and is classified under CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor).
Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability with low complexity, requiring no privileges or user interaction. Exploitation enables access to exposed user contact information within system logs, resulting in high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability as scored by CVSS.
Apple advisories confirm the issue was fixed through improved redaction of sensitive information in macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, and macOS Ventura 13.7.3. Security practitioners should apply these updates promptly to mitigate exposure risks, with detailed information available in Apple support documents at https://support.apple.com/en-us/122068, https://support.apple.com/en-us/122069, https://support.apple.com/en-us/122070, and Full Disclosure mailing list posts at http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/15 and http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/16.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3652
Vulnerability Data
This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, macOS Ventura 13.7.3. Deleting a conversation in Messages may expose user contact information in system logging.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Access enforcement directly stops unauthorized actors from obtaining sensitive information.
Information flow enforcement structurally prevents sensitive data from reaching unauthorized recipients.
Protection of information at rest prevents unauthorized exposure of stored sensitive data.
Transmission confidentiality mechanisms stop exposure of sensitive data on the wire.
Least privilege reduces the set of actors who can reach sensitive information.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Suppressing system details, error specifics, and previous log-on information until successful authentication reduces the information an unauthenticated attacker can gather.
Requiring encryption, access controls, and recipient authentication for transfers directly reduces the chance that sensitive data reaches an unauthorized observer.
Secure delivery, protected storage, and confidentiality of allocation records limit exposure of authentication material to unauthorized observers.
A.8.1's policy+enforcement on access controls, storage encryption, malware protection, device registration, remote wipe/lock, physical/logical protections, partitioning, and BYOD separation (plus config enforcement via 8.9) stops most unauthorized exposure of sensitive data from endpoints; named remainder is exposures via error messages, side channels or non-endpoint vectors (see A.8.3 mostly on same CWE).
A.8.10 mandates timely, secure deletion (overwriting, crypto erase, certified disposal, automation per retention policy) of unneeded sensitive information on all media, which directly stops most exposure paths in CWE-200; the bounded remainder is exposure that is not a retention issue at all (e.g. CWE-209 error messages, CWE-203 observable discrepancies, CWE-215 debug code).
data masking (incl. pseudonymization/anonymization) directly limits exposure of sensitive data to unauthorized actors per the purpose and guidance, covering most but not all vectors in CWE-200 (e.g. residual indirect re-identification risks or non-masked exposure paths like error messages remain nameable)
Hardening callouts derived
DISA STIG baselines are authored against specific weaknesses. Where this CVE cites a broad weakness class, the mapping is not asserted at that abstraction (owner ruling, 2026-09-25: grade only at Base and below), so no rule is shown here rather than a rule shown against the wrong grain.