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CVE-2025-5199: LPE on Multipass for macOS

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: yes
• Published: 2025-07-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-276

Description

In Canonical Multipass up to and including version 1.15.1 on macOS, incorrect default permissions allow a local attacker to escalate privileges by modifying files executed with administrative privileges by a Launch Daemon during system startup.

Affected products

• Canonical Multipass: before 1.16.0 — fixed in 1.16.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Canonical Multipass 1.16.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/canonical/multipass/pull/4115
• https://github.com/canonical/multipass/security/advisories/GHSA-2j82-p5cq-62p3
• https://github.com/canonical/multipass/security/advisories/GHSA-2j82-p5cq-62p3

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