CVE-2025-5199 – Canonical Multipass Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-5199 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution
of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may
impact the vulnerability’s severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Jul. 12, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-276
    Added Reference https://github.com/canonical/multipass/pull/4115
    Added Reference https://github.com/canonical/multipass/security/advisories/GHSA-2j82-p5cq-62p3
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