CRITICAL: CVE-2025-24259 (CVSS 9.8) — apple macos

CVE: CVE-2025-24259

CVSS: 9.8 (3.1) — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: CRITICAL

Status: Critical advisory

Affected

• apple macos

Summary

This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks. This issue is fixed in iPadOS 17.7.7, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5. An app may be able to retrieve Safari bookmarks without an entitlement check.

Verified Sources

• NVD entry
• GitHub Advisory
• MITRE

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122373
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122374
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122375
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122405
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/10
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/8
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/9
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/May/6

_Validated by the Lyrie Threat Intelligence Pipeline — 3 independent sources confirmed before publication. No speculation._