CVE-2025-24174

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{"analysis": {"en": {"generated_at": "2026-04-28T04:04:41.701956+00:00", "value": {"mitigation_remediation": ["Update macOS to the latest version, ensuring that the system is running at least macOS Sequoia\u202f15.3, Sonoma\u202f14.7.3, or Ventura\u202f13.7.3.", "Review System Settings\u00a0\u2192\u00a0Privacy to confirm that permissions for sensitive data are only granted to trusted applications.", "Remove or disable any applications that have been installed from unverified sources or that request more data than necessary."], "summary": {"action": "Apply patch", "impact": "Potential unauthorized access to user data via privacy preferences"}, "threat_synthesis": {"affected_systems": "The vulnerability affects macOS releases prior to macOS Sequoia\u202f15.3, Sonoma\u202f14.7.3, and Ventura\u202f13.7.3. Apple has released fixed builds beginning with those versions; any system running an older release remains exposed.", "description_and_impact": "A flaw in macOS allows an application to circumvent user\u2011defined privacy preferences, enabling it to access protected data that the user has explicitly indicated should remain private. Because this bypass does not rely on exploiting the underlying operating system kernel, it principally threatens confidentiality by allowing an app to read or transmit sensitive content that the user believed to be protected.", "risk_and_exploitability": "The CVSS vector assigns a score of 7.7, classifying the issue as high severity, but the EPSS score is below 1\u202f%, indicating that exploitation is currently unlikely. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and no public exploits have been documented. It is inferred that the attack vector is local, possibly through a user\u2011initiated installation or a malicious background process that requests and then ignores the OAuth\u2011style privacy dialog."}}}}, "created": "2026-04-28T04:15:16.037487+00:00", "title": "Privacy Preference Bypass in macOS Allows Unauthorized App Access", "updated": "2026-04-28T04:15:16.037509+00:00", "vendors": []}