CVE-2025-30457 Path traversal in macOS
A malicious app can create symlinks to protected disk regions, potentially allowing unauthorized access or privilege escalation on macOS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-30457?
CVE-2025-30457 is a critical path traversal 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 validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5. A malicious app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-30457?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Macos.
How do I fix CVE-2025-30457?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-30457 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-30457 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-30457 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Macos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-59wj-h89p-37x9.