CVE-2025-5470 Dylib Hijacking in Yandex Disk
Attackers can execute arbitrary code via dylib hijacking in Yandex Disk for macOS due to uncontrolled search path elements.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-5470?
CVE-2025-5470 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Yandex Disk, published on 9 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Yandex Disk on MacOS allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Disk: before 3.2.45.3275.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5470?
How do I fix CVE-2025-5470?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5470 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-2025-5470 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5470 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fq75-2p32-52hm.