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CVE-2025-24268: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.14% (FIRST EPSS).
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.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

Path traversal

Published: Jun 11, 2026
Updated: Oct 7, 2026
EPSS: 0.1% · 3th percentile
CWE: CWE-22

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Vendor	Product	CPE
apple	macos	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos

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 15.4affected

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

apple macosbefore 15.4

Same product

apple: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2025-31200A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.KEV
75This week
CVE-2026-65400An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.KEV
74This week
CVE-2025-31201This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.KEV
73This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2022-48575Jun 10, 2026 · A person with access to a Mac may be able to bypass Login Window.
14Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2025-24165Jun 11, 2026 · A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
22Monitor
Later →CVE-2025-24284Jun 11, 2026 · This issue was addressed with improved checks to prevent unauthorized actions.
35Monitor

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.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2026-6473146 days apartA path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
39Monitor
CVE-2026-2882779 days apartA parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation.
37Monitor
CVE-2026-84633137 days apartA path traversal issue was addressed with improved path validation.
36Monitor
CVE-2026-4377246 days apartA path traversal issue was addressed with improved input validation.
32Monitor
CVE-2026-112562137 days apartA parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation.
32Monitor
CVE-2026-2891531 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-2026-2890046 days apartA file quarantine bypass was addressed with additional checks.
22Monitor
CVE-2026-2884946 days apartThe issue was addressed with improved checks.
22Monitor
CVE-2026-4376646 days apartAn authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.
18Monitor
CVE-2022-485751 days apartA person with access to a Mac may be able to bypass Login Window.
14Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · public bounty program.

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: none
Availability: none

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: None
Availability impact: None

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:N/A:N

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 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);
2res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);
2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {
3  return res.sendStatus(400);
4}
5res.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)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log (0)

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

support.apple.com/en-us/122373

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