CVE-2025-24253 Information disclosure in macOS

What is CVE-2025-24253?

CVE-2025-24253 is a critical vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 31 Mar 2025. 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 handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5. An app may be able to access protected user data.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24253?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2025-24253?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24253 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-24253 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24253 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-j7j3-j385-mfpx.