Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published Jan 27, 2025· Updated Apr 2, 2026

CVE-2025-24136

Description

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, macOS Ventura 13.7.3. 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: <13.7.3
Apple Inc./macOS Sequoiallm-fuzzy
Range: <15.3
Apple Inc./macOS Sonomallm-fuzzy
Range: <14.7.3
Apple Inc./macOS Venturallm-fuzzy
Range: <13.7.3

Patches

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/122068nvdRelease Notes
support.apple.com/en-us/122069nvdRelease Notes
support.apple.com/en-us/122070nvdRelease Notes
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/15nvd
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/16nvd
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/17nvd

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