CVE-2025-24254 Privilege escalation in macOS

What is CVE-2025-24254?

CVE-2025-24254 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 31 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5. A user may be able to elevate privileges.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24254?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2025-24254?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24254 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-24254 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24254 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-6p7v-mm3j-hhhh.