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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-29 21:34 – Updated: 2026-04-02 18:14
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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
CWE
  • A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Affected: 0 , < 13.7.5 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 14.7.5 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 15.4 (custom)
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