CVE-2024-27872 — This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks

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MEDIUM

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks

Published Jul 29, 2024

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.25%

Description

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.6. An app may be able to access protected user data.

Affected products

Vendor Apple Product macOS Default
n/a
- Version
  0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <14.6

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Apple

macOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
0	affected	<14.6

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.25% 0.00251

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00251

Score over time

2024–2026

EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (5 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.25% (0.00251)	14.88th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.25% (0.00253)	16.37th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00072)	19.34th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00043)	10.81th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 30, 2024	0.04% (0.00043)	9.38th	v3 (v2023.03.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-61

References (4)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120911
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214119
Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214119

Link	Providers	Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18		Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120911
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214119		Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214119

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Jul 29, 2024

Updated Apr 2, 2026

Reserved Feb 26, 2024

Link CVE-2024-27872

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Jul 30, 2024

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2024-27872

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2024-27872