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CVE-2024-40594: OpenAI ChatGPT macOS app stores conversations in cleartext

Source: NVD(opens in a new tab)
Identifier: CVE-2024-40594
Published: July 6, 2024
Record updated: October 9, 2026

Known exploitation: Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog at the last check.
EPSS: 0.1%

Summary

CVE-2024-40594 affects the OpenAI ChatGPT app for macOS before 2024-07-05. The app opts out of the sandbox and stores conversations in cleartext in a location accessible to other apps, mapped to CWE-312 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information). NVD has not yet provided an assessment.

Mitigation

The source does not state a fix yet. Check the original advisory for updates.

Details

Scores and exploitation

CVSS score: 2.3(low)
EPSS: 0.1%Estimated probability that this CVE is exploited in the next 30 days, from the FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System. Read on November 4, 2026.

Weaknesses and techniques

Weakness (CWE): CWE-312

Affected

Vendors: OpenAI

Classification

Attack sophistication: Moderate
AI component targeted: API
Impact: Confidentiality
Labels: security,
privacy

How this record was produced

Summaries, mitigations and labels on this page are generated automatically from the source. The linked source is authoritative. The source gives this advisory a description and no title, so the title above is a headline generated from the source text.

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40594

First tracked: February 15, 2026 at 08:49 PM ET, from NVD/CVE Database

Classifier: claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v4

Classifier confidence: 90% (self-assessed)

Summary

Mitigation

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