CVE-2025-24200
Medium 6.1 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Apple iOS and iPadOS Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
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.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
-
6.1 (MEDIUM)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 4% (percentile: 91) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-863
Affected products
apple: ipados; apple: iphone os
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122173 Release NotesVendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122174 Release NotesVendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122345 Release NotesVendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122346 Release NotesVendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/7 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Feb/7 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Feb/8 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025… US Government Resource