CVE-2024-44159: Apple macOS

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A path deletion vulnerability was addressed by preventing vulnerable code from running with privileges. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: before 13.7.1 (fixed in 13.7.1); from 14.0, before 14.7.1 (fixed in 14.7.1)

Published 2024-10-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.