A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.1. An app may be able to access Contacts without user consent.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Apple macOS affected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 15.1

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https://support.apple.com/en-us/121564 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.1. An app may be able to access Contacts without user consent.
Weaknesses CWE-284
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-02T19:52:40.158Z

Reserved: 2024-07-10T17:11:04.711Z

Link: CVE-2024-40858

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-02T19:51:21.996Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-02T19:17:59.077

Modified: 2026-04-02T20:16:20.860

Link: CVE-2024-40858

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