CVE-2024-40594
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-312
Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
Publication date:
06/07/2024
Last modified:
15/04/2026
Description
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
2.30
Severity 3.x
LOW
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/07/chatgpts-much-heralded-mac-app-was-storing-conversations-as-plain-text/
- https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/3/24191636/openai-chatgpt-mac-app-conversations-plain-text
- https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/07/chatgpts-much-heralded-mac-app-was-storing-conversations-as-plain-text/
- https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/3/24191636/openai-chatgpt-mac-app-conversations-plain-text



