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CVE-2024-22405: XADMaster may not apply quarantine attribute correctly to extracted files

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-04-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-281

Description

XADMaster is an objective-C library for archive and file unarchiving and extraction. When extracting a specially crafted zip archive XADMaster may not apply quarantine attribute correctly. Such behaviour may circumvent Gatekeeper checks on the system. Only macOS installations are affected. This issue was fixed in XADMaster 1.10.8. It is recommended to upgrade to the latest version. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Affected products

• MacPaw XADMaster: before 1.10.8 — fixed in 1.10.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MacPaw XADMaster 1.10.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/MacPaw/XADMaster/commit/b75c05bc3bca9e183ecd3c512e270ce93006da3c
• https://github.com/MacPaw/XADMaster/security/advisories/GHSA-xg3c-r7w5-7xw2
• https://github.com/MacPaw/XADMaster/commit/b75c05bc3bca9e183ecd3c512e270ce93006da3c
• https://github.com/MacPaw/XADMaster/security/advisories/GHSA-xg3c-r7w5-7xw2

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