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CVE-2025-24200: Apple iOS and iPadOS Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability

Apple iOS and iPadOS contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability that allows a physical attacker to disable USB Restricted Mode on a locked device.

CVE-2025-24200

Exploited in the wild. Fix this first.

CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-02-12: attackers are using it right now.

CISA KEV
Listed
Added 2025-02-12 · federal fix-by 2025-03-05
EPSS (30 days)
4.5%
Higher than 91% of CVEs · 2026-11-01
CVSS v3.1
6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

What CISA says

Apple iOS and iPadOS Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

NVD description · published 2025-02-10

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.

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How to check if you are exposed to CVE-2025-24200

  1. Find every Apple iOS and iPadOS system you or your clients run, including ones exposed to the internet. Those come first: CISA only lists flaws attackers are already using.
  2. Compare each version with the fixed versions in the vendor advisory below. Where no fix exists yet, apply the vendor’s mitigation or take the system off the internet.
  3. Run a credentialed vulnerability scan to catch the systems you missed, then check that the next scan no longer reports CVE-2025-24200.

US federal agencies had to fix this by 2025-03-05. Everyone else should treat that deadline as a guide: if it has passed, this is overdue.

Affected versions

Versions the National Vulnerability Database lists as vulnerable to CVE-2025-24200. Check the vendor advisory for the exact fixed builds before you sign anything off.

ProductVulnerable versions
Apple Ipadosbefore 15.8.4; from 16.0 before 16.7.11; from 17.0 up to and including 17.7.5; from 18.0 before 18.3.1
Apple Iphone OSbefore 15.8.4; from 16.0 before 16.7.11; from 17.0 before 18.3.1

Timeline

  1. · Published in the National Vulnerability Database
  2. · Added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, 2 days after it was published
  3. · Fix-by date for US federal agencies, passed 606 days ago

Vendor advisories and fixes

Weakness type

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Sources: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (version 2026.10.30); EPSS data from FIRST.org; CVSS and descriptions from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Checked 2026-11-01. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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