CVE-2025-24254 (GCVE-0-2025-24254)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-03-31 22:24
Modified
2026-04-02 18:25
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • A user may be able to elevate privileges
Summary
This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5. A user may be able to elevate privileges.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Version: 0   < 13.7.5
Version: 0   < 14.7.5
Version: 0   < 15.4
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