What is CVE-2025-24183?

CVE-2025-24183 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-05-19.

How severe is CVE-2025-24183?

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

Privilege escalation in Apple macOS

CVE-2025-24183

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, macOS Ventura 13.7.3. A local user may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2025-05-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (4.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 4th percentile — 4.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple macOS — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

support.apple.com/en-us/122068 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
support.apple.com/en-us/122069 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
support.apple.com/en-us/122070 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-24183?: CVE-2025-24183 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-05-19.
How severe is CVE-2025-24183?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.