CVE-2025-24146
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThis issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, macOS Ventura 13.7.3. Deleting a conversation in Messages may expose user contact information in system logging.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceDeleting a conversation in Messages on macOS may expose user contact information (phone numbers or Apple IDs) in system logs due to insufficient redaction of sensitive data during the deletion operation.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 13.7.3>= 14.0, < 14.7.3>= 15.0, < 15.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check your macOS versionGo to Apple menu > About This Mac to view the installed macOS version numberAffected if The version is earlier than 13.7.3, or falls between 14.0 and 14.7.2, or falls between 15.0 and 15.2 (these ranges contain the vulnerability)
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Determine if you use the Messages appOpen the Messages app and check if any conversations exist in your message historyAffected if You have used Messages to send or receive messages, meaning the app has processed conversation data that may have been logged
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Inspect system logs for exposed contact informationUse Console.app or the log command-line tool to search system logs for entries containing phone numbers or Apple IDs from your contacts that may have been logged during conversation deletion operationsAffected if Logs contain unredacted phone numbers or Apple IDs that should have been masked during deletion operations
You are affected if your macOS version is below 15.3 (or below 14.7.3 on Sonoma, or below 13.7.3 on Ventura) AND you have used the Messages app, as the vulnerability allows contact information to appear in logs during conversation deletion.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped13.7.314.7.315.3
Update macOS to version 15.3 (Sequoia), 14.7.3 (Sonoma), or 13.7.3 (Ventura) which contains improved redaction of sensitive information in logging.
macOS 13.7.3 (Ventura), macOS 14.7.3 (Sonoma), or macOS 15.3 (Sequoia) depending on your current major version
- 1. Check your current macOS version by clicking the Apple menu and selecting 'About This Mac'
- 2. If running macOS Ventura 13.x: Upgrade to macOS 13.7.3 via System Settings > Software Update
- 3. If running macOS Sonoma 14.x: Upgrade to macOS 14.7.3 via System Settings > Software Update
- 4. If running macOS Sequoia 15.0-15.2: Upgrade to macOS 15.3 via System Settings > Software Update
- 5. After upgrading, verify the update was applied in About This Mac
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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