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CVE-2025-24099VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-24099: Apple macOS · A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges

Affects Apple macOSSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.1 Medium · fixed in 15.3 : update Apple macOS when convenient.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.1Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 9% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 15.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 30 Jan 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Apple macOSAffected
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Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Apple has released official fixes for this vulnerability in macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, and macOS Ventura 13.7.3. Users and administrators should apply these updates promptly to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on patching the affected endpoints. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.

Description

CVE-2025-24099 is a medium severity vulnerability in Apple macOS that allows a local attacker to potentially elevate their privileges. The issue was addressed by Apple with improved checks and is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, and macOS Ventura 13.7.3. The vulnerability involves improper authorization checks (CWE-863) that could be exploited locally without user interaction. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.

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