What is CVE-2024-44264?

CVE-2024-44264 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-10-28.

How severe is CVE-2024-44264?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple macOS

CVE-2024-44264

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1. A malicious app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk.

Published 2024-10-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (47.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Apple macOS — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

support.apple.com/en-us/121564
support.apple.com/en-us/121568 (Vendor Advisory)
support.apple.com/en-us/121570 (Vendor Advisory)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-44264?: CVE-2024-44264 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-10-28.
How severe is CVE-2024-44264?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.