Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 28, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-44264

Description

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1. A malicious app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <13.7.1
Apple Inc./macOS Sequoiallm-fuzzy
Range: = 15.1
Apple Inc./macOS Sonomallm-fuzzy
Range: = 14.7.1
Apple Inc./macOS Venturallm-fuzzy
Range: = 13.7.1

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/121568nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/121570nvdVendor Advisory
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/11nvd
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/12nvd
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/13nvd
support.apple.com/en-us/121564nvd

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