CVE-2025-30074

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-03-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-863

Description

Alludo Parallels Desktop before 19.4.2 and 20.x before 20.2.2 for macOS on Intel platforms allows privilege escalation to root via the VM creation routine.

Affected products

Parallels Desktop: from 19.3.1 before 19.4.2; from 20.0.0 before 20.2.2 — fixed in 19.4.2, 20.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Parallels Desktop 19.4.2, 20.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://kb.parallels.com/en/130944

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