medium6.1Known exploited
CVE-2025-24200
Apple iOS and iPadOS Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2025-02-12. Federal due date: 2025-03-05.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Impact
An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.8.4 and iPadOS 15.8.4, iOS 16.7.11 and iPadOS 16.7.11, iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1, iPadOS 17.7.5. A physical attack may disable USB Restricted Mode on a locked device. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | Ipados | before 15.8.4 from 16.0 before 16.7.11 from 17.0 through 17.7.5 from 18.0 before 18.3.1 |
| Apple | Iphone Os | before 15.8.4 from 16.0 before 16.7.11 from 17.0 before 18.3.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122173
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122174
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122345
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122346
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/7
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Feb/7
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Feb/8
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-24200