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CVE-2025-30465 — A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation

Critical CVSS 9.8

A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sequoia 15.7.2, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.5. A shortcut may be able to access files that are normally inaccessible to the Shortcuts app.

Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.8 (3.1)
Published
2025-03-31
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
apple/platform
Weaknesses
CWE-276

Affected products

  • apple / ipados
  • apple / macos

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Matched remediation archetype

Privilege escalation and unsafe privilege management

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Check exposure

  • Map service accounts, operating-system identities, roles, capabilities, impersonation, set-user transitions, and administrative helper paths.
  • Determine whether untrusted users or lower-privilege processes can reach the affected transition or modify inputs it trusts.
  • Review file, socket, registry, device, job, container, and cloud-role permissions used before and after privilege changes.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the supported fix and redesign privileged operations as a minimal, authenticated, allowlisted interface.
  • Drop privileges before processing untrusted input, verify the drop succeeds, and remove unnecessary roles, capabilities, and write permissions.
  • Validate ownership and permissions at time of use and add explicit lower-to-higher privilege boundary tests.

Authoritative sources

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