CVE-2006-1439: Apple Mac OS X

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

NSSecureTextField in AppKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6 does not re-enable secure event input under certain circumstances, which could allow other applications in the window session to monitor input characters and keyboard events.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.4.6 only

Published 2006-05-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.