CVE-2024-40825: Apple macOS

Medium severity, CVSS 4.4. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15, visionOS 2. A malicious app with root privileges may be able to modify the contents of system files.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: before 15.0 (fixed in 15.0)
• Apple visionOS: before 2.0 (fixed in 2.0)

Published 2024-09-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.