A newly discovered race condition in Apple’s macOS kernel (XNU) could allow attackers to escalate privileges, corrupt memory, and potentially achieve kernel-level code execution, according to security researcher Joseph Ravichandran (@0xjprx) of MIT CSAIL. Tracked as CVE-2025-24118 and assigned a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability was patched in macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, macOS Sequoia 15.3, and iPadOS 17.7.4.

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