CVE-2025-24238: Apple iPadOS

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5, tvOS 18.4, watchOS 11.4. An app may be able to gain elevated privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 18.4 (fixed in 18.4)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 18.4 (fixed in 18.4)
• Apple macOS: from 13.0, before 13.7.5 (fixed in 13.7.5); from 14.0, before 14.7.5 (fixed in 14.7.5); from 15.0, before 15.4 (fixed in 15.4)
• Apple tvOS: before 18.4 (fixed in 18.4)

Published 2025-03-31. Last modified 2026-06-17.