Apple iOS and iPadOS Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability

MEDIUM 6.1EXPLOITED (CISA KEV)CVE-2025-24200 · Published 10/02/2025 · updated 17/06/2026

Apple iOS and iPadOS Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability. Actively exploited: CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 12/02/2025. Patch affected systems as an emergency.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
iOS and iPadOS Apple	Versions not published yet (product named by CISA KEV)

Description

An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.8.4 and iPadOS 15.8.4, iOS 16.7.11 and iPadOS 16.7.11, iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1, iPadOS 17.7.5. A physical attack may disable USB Restricted Mode on a locked device. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.

References

support.apple.com/en-us/122173 · Release Notes
support.apple.com/en-us/122174 · Release Notes
support.apple.com/en-us/122345 · Release Notes
support.apple.com/en-us/122346 · Release Notes
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/7 · Mailing List
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Feb/7 · Mailing List
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Feb/8 · Mailing List
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · US Government Resource
CISA KEV · CVE-2025-24200

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