CVE-2025-31248CWE-22path-traversal

CVE-2025-31248

Medium · published November 22, 2025

CVSS v3.1

5.5

EPSS

Percentile

7.1

In the wild

Unconfirmed

What it is

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.5, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, macOS Ventura 13.7.3. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

The record

Technical detail

CVSS v3.1: 5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0: Not supplied
EPSS: 0.00179 · 7.1th percentile
Weakness: CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published: 2025-11-22T03:16Z

Affected products (3)

Product	Versions	Fixed in
apple/macos	< 13.7.3	13.7.3
apple/macos	≥ 14.0, < 14.7.3	14.7.3
apple/macos	≥ 15.0, < 15.5	15.5

References (3)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122069 · [email protected]https://support.apple.com/en-us/122070 · [email protected]https://support.apple.com/en-us/122716 · [email protected]

EPSS history

Timeline

21 NOV 21:22Z
A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation
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