Sandbox escape via defective libxpc state management
Published Mar 31, 2025 · Updated Jul 8, 2026
Sandbox escape in libxpc in affected Apple operating systems allows attackers to escape an application sandbox through a malicious app. Apple identifies defective state management in libxpc but has not disclosed the affected state transition or the operation that mishandles it. Exploitation requires execution of a malicious app on an affected device and removes sandbox confinement; no further privilege or data-access consequence is published.
Summary
What happened
Sandbox escape in libxpc in affected Apple operating systems allows attackers to escape an application sandbox through a malicious app. Apple identifies defective state management in libxpc but has not disclosed the affected state transition or the operation that mishandles it. Exploitation requires execution of a malicious app on an affected device and removes sandbox confinement; no further privilege or data-access consequence is published.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-24178
- Published
- Mar 31, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- T1611
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 31, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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