CVE-2025-5199

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Analyzed - security@ubuntu.com

Published

2025-07-12

Last modified

2025-07-14

Weaknesses

CWE-276, CWE-863

Affected products

• Multipass (Canonical)

References

• https://github.com/canonical/multipass/pull/4115
• https://github.com/canonical/multipass/security/advisories/GHSA-2j82-p5cq-62p3