CVE-2025-11921 iStat Menus 7.10.4 - Local Privilege Escalation
Local attackers can exploit an insecure XPC service in iStat Menus to inject commands and escalate privileges to root.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-11921?
CVE-2025-11921 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Bjango iStats, published on 24 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
iStats contains an insecure XPC service that allows local, unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to root via command injection.This issue affects iStats: 7.10.4.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11921?
How do I fix CVE-2025-11921?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11921 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2025-11921 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-11921 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cph3-9r5x-3xqh.