CVE-2025-24284

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macOS Sequoia Sandbox Escape Vulnerability

Publication date: 2026-06-11

Last updated on: 2026-06-12

Assigner: Apple Inc.

Description

This issue was addressed with improved checks to prevent unauthorized actions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

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Published

2026-06-11

Last Modified

2026-06-12

Generated

2026-07-02

AI Q&A

2026-06-12

EPSS Evaluated

2026-06-30

NVD

CVE-2025-24284

EUVD

EUVD-2025-210114

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
apple	macos	to 15.4 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-693	The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability allows an app to break out of its sandbox on macOS Sequoia. It was addressed by implementing improved checks to prevent unauthorized actions. Essentially, an app that should be confined within a restricted environment may gain the ability to perform actions outside of that environment.

Impact Analysis

The impact of this vulnerability is significant because it can lead to a complete compromise of system security. Since an app can escape its sandbox, it may gain elevated privileges and access sensitive data or system resources that it should not have access to. This can result in confidentiality, integrity, and availability being severely affected.

Mitigation Strategies

The vulnerability is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4. To mitigate this issue, you should update your system to macOS Sequoia 15.4 or later.

This update includes improved checks to prevent unauthorized actions and sandbox escapes by applications.

Compliance Impact

The vulnerability allows an app to break out of its sandbox, potentially leading to unauthorized actions with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Such unauthorized access and privilege escalation could lead to violations of data protection standards and regulations like GDPR and HIPAA, which require strict controls on data access and integrity.

However, the provided information does not explicitly state the direct effects on compliance with these standards.

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