Unauthenticated AirPlay commands via pairing bypass
Published Apr 29, 2025 · Updated Jul 25, 2026
Access control failure in AirPlay on affected Apple operating systems allows remote attackers to send commands to signed-in Macs. The AirPlay receiver's access-control list accepts command traffic from an unpaired sender instead of enforcing the Current User pairing boundary. The attacker must share the target Mac's network, and exploitation requires AirPlay Receiver to be enabled under the Current User configuration.
Summary
What happened
Access control failure in AirPlay on affected Apple operating systems allows remote attackers to send commands to signed-in Macs. The AirPlay receiver's access-control list accepts command traffic from an unpaired sender instead of enforcing the Current User pairing boundary. The attacker must share the target Mac's network, and exploitation requires AirPlay Receiver to be enabled under the Current User configuration.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-24271
- Published
- Apr 29, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 25, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- CWE-306, CWE-843, T1210
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 29, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <18.4
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