CVE-2025-30448Network attack vector

Unauthenticated folder sharing via missing entitlement checks

Published May 12, 2025 · Updated Apr 2, 2026

Missing authorization in Apple iCloud Document Sharing allows remote attackers to enable iCloud folder sharing without authentication. The component accepts a request to change an iCloud folder's sharing state without enforcing the entitlement checks required to authorize that operation. Affected releases include iOS and iPadOS before 18.5, iPadOS before 17.7.7, macOS Ventura before 13.7.6, Sonoma before 14.7.6, Sequoia before 15.4, and visionOS before 2.5; no credentials or user interaction are required.

CVSS severity9.1
Critical
EPSS probability0.97%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Missing authorization in Apple iCloud Document Sharing allows remote attackers to enable iCloud folder sharing without authentication. The component accepts a request to change an iCloud folder's sharing state without enforcing the entitlement checks required to authorize that operation. Affected releases include iOS and iPadOS before 18.5, iPadOS before 17.7.7, macOS Ventura before 13.7.6, Sonoma before 14.7.6, Sequoia before 15.4, and visionOS before 2.5; no credentials or user interaction are required.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-30448
Published
May 12, 2025
Updated
Apr 2, 2026
Vendor
Apple
Product
iOS and iPadOS
Classifications
CWE-862
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 12, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Apr 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <18.5

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Apple · iOS and iPadOSversion=0 <18.5
Apple · visionOSversion=0 <2.5
Apple · macOSversion=0 <13.7.6; version=0 <14.7.6; version=0 <15.4
Apple · iPadOSversion=0 <17.7.7

Published CVSS scores

9.1NIST National Vulnerability DatabaseCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-862Missing Authorization

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