Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 31, 2025· Updated Apr 2, 2026

CVE-2025-30457

Description

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5. 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: <13.7.5
Apple Inc./macOS Sequoiallm-fuzzy
Range: =15.4
Apple Inc./macOS Sonomallm-fuzzy
Range: =14.7.5
Apple Inc./macOS Venturallm-fuzzy
Range: =13.7.5

Patches

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/122373nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/122374nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/122375nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/10nvd
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/8nvd
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/9nvd

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