CVE-2025-31198 (GCVE-0-2025-31198)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-29 21:34 – Updated: 2026-04-02 18:14
VLAI
Summary
This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5. A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-30 14:42 UTC
CWE
  • A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apple macOS Affected: 0 , < 13.7.5 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 14.7.5 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 15.4 (custom)
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