CVE-2025-24136

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-01-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, macOS Ventura 13.7.3. A malicious app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk.

Affected products

Apple macOS: before 13.7.3; from 14.0 before 14.7.3; from 15.0 before 15.3 — fixed in 13.7.3, 14.7.3, 15.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple macOS 13.7.3, 14.7.3, 15.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122068
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122069
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122070
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/15
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/16
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/17

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