CVE-2025-24181: An app may be able to access protected user data in Apple macOS
A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5. An app may be able to access protected user data.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a permissions issue in macOS that could enable an unauthorized application to access protected user data. Apple fixed the issue by implementing additional restrictions in specific macOS versions: Sequoia 15.4, Sonoma 14.7.5, and Ventura 13.7.5. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), reflecting network attack vector, no privileges or user interaction required, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The weakness is categorized under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization). There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Potential Impact
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to protected user data on affected macOS systems. The impact includes full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system's data. This could lead to data breaches, data manipulation, or denial of service conditions.
Mitigation Recommendations
This vulnerability is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, and macOS Ventura 13.7.5. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patches.
CVE-2025-24181: An app may be able to access protected user data in Apple macOS
Description
A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5. An app may be able to access protected user data.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.8critical
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a permissions issue in macOS that could enable an unauthorized application to access protected user data. Apple fixed the issue by implementing additional restrictions in specific macOS versions: Sequoia 15.4, Sonoma 14.7.5, and Ventura 13.7.5. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), reflecting network attack vector, no privileges or user interaction required, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The weakness is categorized under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization). There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Potential Impact
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to protected user data on affected macOS systems. The impact includes full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system's data. This could lead to data breaches, data manipulation, or denial of service conditions.
Mitigation Recommendations
This vulnerability is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, and macOS Ventura 13.7.5. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patches.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2025-01-17T00:00:44.993Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6909213efe7723195e053a2a
Added to database: 11/03/2025, 21:40:14 UTC
Last enriched: 07/10/2026, 08:25:42 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 95
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