CVE-2017-7149: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.13

Published 2017-10-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.