NVD / CVE Program· CNA apple

CVE-2025-24271: An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)

Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.50% (FIRST EPSS).
Someone on the same network segment can trigger it. No account or password is required. 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

An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5, tvOS 18.4, visionOS 2.4. An unauthenticated user on the same network as a signed-in Mac could send it AirPlay commands without pairing.

MediumCVSS 5.4 · v3.1—Proof of concept No fix recorded

BDU:2025-08205

Published: Apr 28, 2025
Updated: Jul 25, 2026
EPSS: 0.5% · 43th percentile
CWE: CWE-306

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 21 / 40 · 5.4 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
apple	ipados	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados
apple	iphone os	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os
apple	macos	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos
apple	tvos	cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos
apple	visionos	cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos

Affected versions

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

apple ipadosbefore 17.7.6
apple ipados18.0 and later · before 18.4
apple iphone osbefore 18.4
apple macosbefore 13.7.5
apple macos14.0 and later · before 14.7.5
apple macos15.0 and later · before 15.4
apple tvosbefore 18.4
apple visionosbefore 2.4

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 iOS and iPadOS
- before 18.4affected
Apple iPadOS
- before 17.7.6affected
Apple macOS
- before 13.7.5affected
- before 14.7.5affected
- before 15.4affected
Apple tvOS
- before 18.4affected
Apple visionOS
- before 2.4affected

Same product

apple: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2025-43300An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.KEV
90Now
CVE-2021-30860An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.KEV
84Now
CVE-2023-41064A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.KEV
77This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2025-24252Apr 28, 2025 · A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
35Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2025-24270Apr 28, 2025 · This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
22Monitor
Later →CVE-2025-30445Apr 28, 2025 · A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks.
26Monitor

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

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:4	2025-04-30

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.

PublishedApr 28, 2025
First PoCApr 30, 2025+1 d
TodayOct 28, 2026+548 d

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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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-2025-43428233 days apartA configuration issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
39Monitor

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-2024-40771103 days apartThe issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
31Monitor
CVE-2023-4296117 days apartA path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
25Monitor
CVE-2024-54535103 days apartA path handling issue was addressed with improved logic.
17Monitor

Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

Someone on the same network segment can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: low · data can be read
Integrity: low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: none

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

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-306 · Missing Authentication for Critical Function

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvd-secondary

Root cause

A function added for development or support ships to production without authentication. It often relies on the assumption that it is “only reachable from the internal network.”

The bug in code

The whole CWE-306 class

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

Vulnerable

1// Added for the support team
2app.post("/maintenance/reset", resetDevice);

Fixed

1if (config.maintenanceEnabled) {
2  app.post(
3    "/maintenance/reset",
4    requireSession, requireRole("admin"), resetDevice
5  );
6}

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

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/122371

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