CVE-2025-30456

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{"analysis": {"en": {"generated_at": "2026-04-28T19:00:27.885445+00:00", "value": {"mitigation_remediation": ["Install the latest iOS, iPadOS, or macOS releases that contain the fix (iOS\u202f18.4, iPadOS\u202f18.4, macOS\u202fSequoia\u202f15.4, macOS\u202fSonoma\u202f14.7.5, macOS\u202fVentura\u202f13.7.5).", "For devices that cannot be updated immediately, restrict the installation of third\u2011party applications that manipulate file paths and monitor for abnormal path access, applying device\u2011management controls where available.", "Enable System Integrity Protection on macOS and enforce sandboxing limits on iOS apps that handle path inputs, ensuring that any vulnerability in directory parsing cannot elevate privileges beyond sandbox boundaries."], "summary": {"action": "Immediate Patch", "impact": "Privilege Escalation to Root"}, "threat_synthesis": {"affected_systems": "Devices running affected releases of iOS, iPadOS, or macOS are vulnerable. This includes any iPhone, iPad, or macOS computer on versions of the operating system prior to the specified patch levels. The issue has been fixed in iOS\u202f18.4, iPadOS\u202f18.4, macOS\u202fSequoia\u202f15.4, macOS\u202fSonoma\u202f14.7.5, and macOS\u202fVentura\u202f13.7.5, so systems running those or later releases are not exposed.", "description_and_impact": "An application on Apple devices can exploit a parsing flaw in the handling of directory paths. The vulnerability, classified as CWE\u2011281, allows an app to bypass normal access controls and obtain root privileges if it can influence how the OS processes a constructed path. The flaw was specifically addressed in iOS\u202f18.4/iPadOS\u202f18.4 and macOS Sequoia\u202f15.4, Sonoma\u202f14.7.5, and Ventura\u202f13.7.5.", "risk_and_exploitability": "The CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 reflects moderate to high severity. The EPSS score is reported as less than 1\u202f%, indicating that exploitation is unlikely to appear frequently in the wild, and the vulnerability is not currently included in the CISA KEV catalog. Nonetheless, because the flaw enables arbitrary elevation to root, the potential impact is critical. It is inferred that the attacker must supply a malicious directory path through an application that processes such paths; the exploit would be executed within the context of that application, possibly through a bundled or downloaded component. Because the vulnerability involves local path parsing, the likely attack vector involves a user\u2011installed application or script executing with elevated privileges on a device."}}}}, "created": "2026-04-28T19:15:25.438362+00:00", "title": "Directory Path Parsing Flaw Allowing Root Privilege Escalation on Apple Devices", "updated": "2026-04-28T19:15:25.438380+00:00", "vendors": []}