FKIE_CVE-2024-40594

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-07-06 05:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 07:46
Severity
2.3 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
The OpenAI ChatGPT app before 2024-07-05 for macOS opts out of the sandbox, and stores conversations in cleartext in a location accessible to other apps.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/07/chatgpts-much-heralded-mac-app-was-storing-conversations-as-plain-text/
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.theverge.com/2024/7/3/24191636/openai-chatgpt-mac-app-conversations-plain-text
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/07/chatgpts-much-heralded-mac-app-was-storing-conversations-as-plain-text/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/3/24191636/openai-chatgpt-mac-app-conversations-plain-text
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