What is CVE-2018-6470?

CVE-2018-6470 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-6470?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Apple macOS

CVE-2018-6470

Nibbleblog 4.0.5 on macOS defaults to having .DS_Store in each directory, causing DS_Store information to leak.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2018-02-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple macOS
Nibbleblog — versions 4.0.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

github.com/dignajar/nibbleblog/issues/120 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6470?: CVE-2018-6470 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-6470?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.