State issues in macOS - CVE-2025-24178

 

State issues in macOS - CVE-2025-24178

Published: April 2, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU106436
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24178
CWE-ID: CWE-371
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local application to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a state management issue in libxpc. A local application can break out of its sandbox.


Affected software

macOS
macOS

How to mitigate CVE-2025-24178

Install update from vendor's website.

macOS - update to 15.4

External References