CVE-2024-44211 Path traversal in macOS

What is CVE-2024-44211?

CVE-2024-44211 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 20 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.1. An app may be able to access user-sensitive data.

Weakness: CWE-59, CWE-281

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44211?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2024-44211?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-44211 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2024-44211 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44211 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Macos

• CVE-2026-65400 Apple macOS Improper Authentication Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-44146 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-44148 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-38586 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-40455 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0

All Apple Macos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-94w9-fcwh-p5jv.