CVE-2024-44280: Apple macOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A downgrade issue affecting Intel-based Mac computers was addressed with additional code-signing restrictions. 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 modify protected parts of the file system.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: from 13.0, 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.