CVE-2025-5199

High

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.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.3

Exploit probability—

ProductCanonical Multipass

PublishedJul 12, 2025

First seenJul 12, 2025

Weakness typeCWE-276CWE-276

How to fix

Update

canonical multipass1.16.0 or later

Patches

github.com/canonical/multipass/pull/4115

Vendor advisories

github.com/canonical/multipass/security/advisories/GHSA-2j82-p5cq-62p3

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
canonical multipass	v < 1.16.0	1.16.0

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