CVE-2025-24259: 
macOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2025-24259 is a security vulnerability discovered in Apple's macOS operating systems that affects the Parental Controls component. The vulnerability was disclosed on March 31, 2025, and affects multiple versions of macOS including Ventura 13.7.5, Sequoia 15.4, and Sonoma 14.7.5. The issue allows an application to retrieve Safari bookmarks without proper entitlement checks (NVD, Apple Support).

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) and has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The technical root cause stems from insufficient entitlement checks in the Parental Controls component of macOS, which could allow unauthorized access to Safari bookmarks (NVD).

The vulnerability allows a malicious application to bypass security controls and access Safari bookmarks without the required entitlement checks. This unauthorized access could potentially expose user's private browsing data and saved websites (Apple Support).

The vulnerability requires an application to be present on the system to exploit the missing entitlement checks. The high CVSS score of 9.8 indicates that the vulnerability is relatively straightforward to exploit, requiring no privileges or user interaction (NVD).

Apple has addressed this vulnerability by implementing additional entitlement checks in the affected versions. Users are advised to update to macOS Ventura 13.7.5, macOS Sequoia 15.4, or macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, depending on their system version (Apple Support).