# CVE-2025-24203: Path traversal in iOS and iPadOS

> An app can modify protected parts of the file system, requiring users to update their Apple devices.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 2 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-378r-2hmj-3r7x

## What is CVE-2025-24203?

CVE-2025-24203 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apple Ipad Os, published on 31 Mar 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

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5, tvOS 18.4, visionOS 2.4, watchOS 11.4. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24203?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Apple Ipad Os, Apple Macos.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-24203?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24203 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-24203 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24203 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Simple customization toolbox, utilizing CVE-2025-24203. Supports iOS 16.0 - iOS 18.3.2. (github_poc): https://github.com/jailbreakdotparty/dirtyZero
- Slightly improved exploit of the CVE-2025-24203 iOS vulnerability by Ian Beer of Google Project Zero (github_poc): https://github.com/GeoSn0w/CVE-2025-24203-iOS-Exploit-With-Error-Logging
- CVE-2025-24203漏洞 (github_poc): https://github.com/pxx917144686/iDevice_ZH

## Other vulnerabilities in Apple Ipad Os

- [CVE-2021-1794](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1794/): Memory corruption in iOS and iPadOS (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-1795](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1795/): Memory corruption in iOS and iPadOS (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-1796](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1796/): Memory corruption in iOS and iPadOS (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-1818](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1818/): Memory corruption in iOS and iPadOS (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-23255](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23255/): Auth bypass in iOS and iPadOS (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-24203 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-24203 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apple Ipad Os, published on 31 Mar 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24203 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Apple Ipad Os. 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-2025-24203/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24203/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-24203
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24203
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24203

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24203/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.