What is CVE-2021-23827?

CVE-2021-23827 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-02-23.

How severe is CVE-2021-23827?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-23827 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Apple Macos

CVE-2021-23827

Keybase Desktop Client before 5.6.0 on Windows and macOS, and before 5.6.1 on Linux, allows an attacker to obtain potentially sensitive media (such as private pictures) in the Cache and uploadtemps directories. It fails to effectively clea…

EPSS: 0.003 (21.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fardeen-ahmed/Bug-bounty-Writeups

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-23827?: CVE-2021-23827 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-02-23.
How severe is CVE-2021-23827?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-23827 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.