CVE-2024-44175: Apple macOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: before 14.7.1 (fixed in 14.7.1)

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