CVE-2017-7149

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 Supplemental Update is...

7.8 High

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 Supplemental Update is affected. The issue involves the "StorageKit" component. It allows attackers to discover passwords for APFS encrypted volumes by reading Disk Utility hints, because the stored hint value was accidentally set to the password itself, not the entered hint value.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.50%Up 0.3 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Record: CVE-2017-7149
CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 2.1 LowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2017-7149
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2017-16187 No score

Record: EUVD-2017-16187
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7c54-6w6x-g29v 7.8

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 Supplemental Update is...

Record: GHSA-7c54-6w6x-g29v
CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

apple mac os x

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-7149 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Apple Mac Os X, published October 23, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.