Apple macOS up to 13.6/14.6/15.3 JAR File integrity check

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple macOS up to 13.6/14.6/15.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component JAR File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-24148. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple macOS up to 13.6/14.6/15.3. This affects an unknown functionality of the component JAR File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-354. The product does not validate or incorrectly validates the integrity check values or "checksums" of a message. This may prevent it from detecting if the data has been modified or corrupted in transmission. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

This issue was addressed with improved handling of executable types. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.5, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5. A malicious JAR file may bypass Gatekeeper checks.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-24148 since 01/17/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/26/2025).

Upgrading to version 13.7, 14.7 or 15.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-9025). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• macOS

Version

• 13.0
• 13.1
• 13.2
• 13.3
• 13.4
• 13.5
• 13.6
• 14.0
• 14.1
• 14.2
• 14.3
• 14.4
• 14.5
• 14.6
• 15.0
• 15.1
• 15.2
• 15.3

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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