CVE-2025-24091 Security feature bypass in iOS and iPadOS

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An app can impersonate system notifications and cause denial-of-service, requiring restricted entitlements for sensitive notifications in iOS and iPadOS.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-24091?

CVE-2025-24091 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 30 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An app could impersonate system notifications. Sensitive notifications now require restricted entitlements. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, iPadOS 17.7.3. An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

Weakness: CWE-290

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24091?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Ipados, Apple Iphone Os.

How do I fix CVE-2025-24091?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24091 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-24091 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24091 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

All Apple Ipados vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qmf3-4g6f-3fjv.

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