What is CVE-2024-54471?

CVE-2024-54471 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-12-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-54471?

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

Is CVE-2024-54471 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Apple macOS

CVE-2024-54471

This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1. A malicious application may be able to leak a user's credentials.

Published 2024-12-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple macOS — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

support.apple.com/en-us/121564
support.apple.com/en-us/121568 (Vendor Advisory)
support.apple.com/en-us/121570 (Vendor Advisory)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-54471?: CVE-2024-54471 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-12-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-54471?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-54471 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.