# CVE-2025-34089: Remote for Mac Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via AppleScript Injection

> Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary code on macOS hosts via AppleScript injection when authentication is disabled in Remote for Mac.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 15 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5pfw-6387-hgmr

## What is CVE-2025-34089?

CVE-2025-34089 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Aexol Studio Remote for Mac, published on 3 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability exists in Remote for Mac, a macOS remote control utility developed by Aexol Studio, in versions up to and including 2025.7. When the application is configured with authentication disabled (i.e., the "Allow unknown devices" option is enabled), the /api/executeScript endpoint is exposed without access control. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary AppleScript payloads via the X-Script HTTP header, resulting in code execution using do shell script. Successful exploitation grants attackers the ability to run arbitrary commands on the macOS host with the privileges of the Remote for Mac background process.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-34089?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-34089?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-34089 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-34089 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-34089 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Remote for Mac Unauthenticated RCE (metasploit)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-34089 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-34089 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Aexol Studio Remote for Mac, published on 3 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-34089 exists.

Affected product: Aexol Studio Remote for Mac. 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-2025-34089/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-34089/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-34089
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-34089
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-34089

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-34089/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.