CVE-2024-44294

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-10-28 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

A path deletion vulnerability was addressed by preventing vulnerable code from running with privileges. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1. An attacker with root privileges may be able to delete protected system files.

Affected products

Apple macOS: before 13.7.1; from 14.0 before 14.7.1 — fixed in 13.7.1, 14.7.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple macOS 13.7.1, 14.7.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/121564
https://support.apple.com/en-us/121568
https://support.apple.com/en-us/121570
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/11
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/12
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/13

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