A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.7.7. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
- Published
- Jul 29, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 15th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-22
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Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| apple | macos | cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- apple macosbefore 13.7.7
- apple macos14.0 and later · before 14.7.7
- apple macos15.0 and later · before 15.6
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (apple). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Apple macOS
- before 13.7.7affected
- before 14.7.7affected
- before 15.6affected
Same product
apple: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2025-31200A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.KEV75This week
- CVE-2025-31201This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.KEV73This week
- CVE-2026-65400An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.KEV70This week
- CVE-1999-0590A system does not present an appropriate legal message or warning to a user who is accessing it.42Plan
- CVE-2026-65381A validation issue existed in the entitlement verification.40Plan
- CVE-2024-44148This issue was addressed with improved validation of file attributes.40Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-64731363 days apartA path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.39Monitor
- CVE-2026-28827238 days apartA parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation.37Monitor
- CVE-2026-43772363 days apartA path traversal issue was addressed with improved input validation.32Monitor
- CVE-2026-20614197 days apartA path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.31Monitor
- CVE-2024-54489230 days apartA path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.31Monitor
- CVE-2026-28915286 days apartA parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation.31Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
- CVE-2025-432450 days apartA downgrade issue was addressed with additional code-signing restrictions.39Monitor
- CVE-2025-31194120 days apartAn authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.39Monitor
- CVE-2025-3127148 days apartThis issue was addressed through improved state management.30Monitor
- CVE-2025-3126461 days apartAn authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.18Monitor
Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Root cause
A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-22 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);res.sendFile(file);Fixed
const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) { return res.sendStatus(400);}res.sendFile(file);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Path TraversalCAPEC-126likelihood: High · Very High
- Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation LogicCAPEC-64likelihood: High · High
- Manipulating Web Input to File System CallsCAPEC-76likelihood: High · Very High
- Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate EncodingCAPEC-78likelihood: High · High
- Using Slashes in Alternate EncodingCAPEC-79likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- support.apple.com/en-us/124149
- support.apple.com/en-us/124150
- support.apple.com/en-us/124151
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/32
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/33
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/34
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.