{"id":"CVE-2025-24277","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-24277","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T07:26:05.616Z","title":"A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation.","description":"A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. 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 gain root privileges.","published":"2025-03-31T23:15:24.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T08:58:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"product-security@apple.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-276"],"affected":["apple/macos"],"epss":{"score":0.00278,"percentile":0.20112,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/122373","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/122374","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/122375","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/10","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/8","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/9","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24277","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}