# CVE-2025-24200: Apple iOS and iPadOS Incorrect Authorization

> A physical attacker can disable USB Restricted Mode on a locked device, bypassing a key security feature.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Yes, since 12 Feb 2025 (CISA KEV)
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 2 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hvw5-4g4q-2h8p

## What is CVE-2025-24200?

CVE-2025-24200 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 10 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.8.4 and iPadOS 15.8.4, iOS 16.7.11 and iPadOS 16.7.11, iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1, iPadOS 17.7.5. A physical attack may disable USB Restricted Mode on a locked device. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24200?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Apple Ipados, Apple Iphone Os.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-24200?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24200 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 5 Mar 2025.

## Is CVE-2025-24200 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2025-24200 in the wild since at least 12 Feb 2025.

## Other vulnerabilities in Apple Ipados

- [CVE-2025-43300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43300/): Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-24201](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24201/): Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Write (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-24085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24085/): Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-31200](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31200/): Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-31201](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31201/): Apple Multiple Products Arbitrary Read and Write (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-24200 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-24200 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 10 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2025-24200 in the wild since at least 12 Feb 2025.

Affected product: Apple Ipados. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24200/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24200/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-24200
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24200
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24200

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24200/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.