The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Ventura 13.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.6. An app may be able to disclose kernel memory.

The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 13.x prior to 13.7.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A stack overflow vulnerability exists in the libexpat library due to the way it handles recursive entity     expansion in XML documents. When parsing an XML document with deeply nested entity references, libexpat     can be forced to recurse indefinitely, exhausting the stack space and causing a crash. This issue could     lead to denial of service (DoS) or, in some cases, exploitable memory corruption, depending on the     environment and library usage. (CVE-2024-8176)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the operating system's self-reported version number.

The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 14.x prior to 14.7.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A vulnerability was found in OpenSSH when the VerifyHostKeyDNS option is enabled. A machine-in-the-middle     attack can be performed by a malicious machine impersonating a legit server. This issue occurs due to how     OpenSSH mishandles error codes in specific conditions when verifying the host key. For an attack to be     considered successful, the attacker needs to manage to exhaust the client's memory resource first, turning     the attack complexity high. (CVE-2025-26465)

  - A stack overflow vulnerability exists in the libexpat library due to the way it handles recursive entity     expansion in XML documents. When parsing an XML document with deeply nested entity references, libexpat     can be forced to recurse indefinitely, exhausting the stack space and causing a crash. This issue could     lead to denial of service (DoS) or, in some cases, exploitable memory corruption, depending on the     environment and library usage. (CVE-2024-8176)

  - A flaw was found in the OpenSSH package. For each ping packet the SSH server receives, a pong packet is     allocated in a memory buffer and stored in a queue of packages. It is only freed when the server/client     key exchange has finished. A malicious client may keep sending such packages, leading to an uncontrolled     increase in memory consumption on the server side. Consequently, the server may become unavailable,     resulting in a denial of service attack. (CVE-2025-26466)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the operating system's self-reported version number.

The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 15.x prior to 15.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - An out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura     13.7.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, visionOS 2.3, iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, macOS Sequoia 15.3. An attacker may     be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory. (CVE-2025-24154)

  - A privacy issue was addressed with improved handling of files. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.3,     Safari 18.3, iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3. Copying a URL from Web Inspector may lead to command injection.
    (CVE-2025-24150)

  - xsltGetInheritedNsList in libxslt before 1.1.43 has a use-after-free issue related to exclusion of result     prefixes. (CVE-2024-55549)

  - A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in visionOS 2.3,     iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, macOS Sequoia 15.3, watchOS 11.3, tvOS 18.3. A malicious application may be able     to elevate privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against     versions of iOS before iOS 17.2. (CVE-2025-24085)

  - The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iPadOS 17.7.4, macOS Ventura     13.7.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, visionOS 2.3, iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, macOS Sequoia 15.3, watchOS 11.3,     tvOS 18.3. Processing an image may lead to a denial-of-service. (CVE-2025-24086)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the operating system's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
235720	macOS 13.x < 13.7.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (122718)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
235717	macOS 14.x < 14.7.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (122717)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	medium
214659	macOS 15.x < 15.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (122068)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2025-24155

medium

Tenable Plugins

high

medium

critical