The issue was resolved by sanitizing logging.
Priority LOW 24Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The issue was resolved by sanitizing logging. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.2. A malicious application may be able to determine a user's current location.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00225 13th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed macOS (Apple): 15.2
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA macOS (Apple) Fixed in 15.2
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Apple macOS 15.2
19 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 7 MEDIUM, 12 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-36570 Apple iOS and iPadOS: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to alter…Priority MEDIUM 51
- TI-2024-36583 Out-of-bounds read in Apple macOSPriority MEDIUM 50
- TI-2024-36579 Out-of-bounds read in Apple SafariPriority MEDIUM 46
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-54491
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wmx6-8gph-wm9j
References
Advisory 1
More Apple Macos vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-46583 Improper authentication in Apple macOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-28008 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-22441 Apple iOS and iPadOS: An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-22440 Memory corruption in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-17951 Out-of-bounds write in Apple Safari KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-17847 Use after free in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2024-54491 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-54491 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wmx6-8gph-wm9j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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