Is CVE-2024-27798 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-27798 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-27798?

CVE-2024-27798 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-27798?

CVE-2024-27798 has an EPSS score of 0.21% (11th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-27798?

Upgrade macos to 14.5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-27798

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, macOS Ventura 13.6.7. An attacker may be able to elevate privileges.

CWE-863Incorrect Authorization

How to fix

Remediation Available

macosNVD

Affected:>= 14.0, < 14.5Fixed in:14.5CVE-2024-27798derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.21%probability of exploitation in 30 days

11thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 11% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory4

Mailing List1

seclists.org

Other references3

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CVE-2025-29927	Critical	9.1	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-38856	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-36289	Medium	5.3	99%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-02.