CVE-2025-5199 — Incorrect Default Permissions in Multipass

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default PermissionsCWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization2 documents2 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
CNA7.3
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Canonical Multipass
Timeline
Latest updateJul 11
PublishedJul 12

Description

In Canonical Multipass up to and including version 1.15.1 on macOS, incorrect default permissions allow a local attacker to escalate privileges by modifying files executed with administrative privileges by a Launch Daemon during system startup.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5canonical/multipass< 1.16.0
▶NVDcanonical/multipass< 1.16.0

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
CVEList
LPE on Multipass for macOS↗2025-07-11
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CVE-2025-5199 — Incorrect Default Permissions | cvebase