Sensitive-data access via insufficient Shortcuts sandboxing
Published Mar 31, 2025 · Updated Jul 23, 2026
Access control weakness in Shortcuts in Apple macOS Sonoma before 14.7.5 and macOS Sequoia before 15.4 allows local users to read sensitive data. The Shortcuts sandbox fails to enforce an app access boundary, but Apple has not disclosed the affected code path or data classes. Execution of a malicious local app and user interaction are required, and the documented consequence is limited to confidentiality.
Summary
What happened
Access control weakness in Shortcuts in Apple macOS Sonoma before 14.7.5 and macOS Sequoia before 15.4 allows local users to read sensitive data. The Shortcuts sandbox fails to enforce an app access boundary, but Apple has not disclosed the affected code path or data classes. Execution of a malicious local app and user interaction are required, and the documented consequence is limited to confidentiality.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-24280
- Published
- Mar 31, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 23, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- macOS
- Classifications
- CWE-200, T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 31, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <14.7.5
- Affected versionversion=0 <15.4
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