CVE-2024-40594 (GCVE-0-2024-40594)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-06 00:00 – Updated: 2024-11-04 20:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-31 19:02 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
Assigner
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