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Apple Xcode Path Handling Vulnerability Leading to Process Crash

Vulnerability

A path handling vulnerability has been identified in Apple Xcode, specifically in versions available for macOS Sequoia 15.6 and later. This issue arises from inadequate validation of path values, allowing overly large paths to be processed in a way that may crash a running process.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to a process crash, causing a denial of service condition.

Remediation

Users can update to Xcode 26, released on September 15, 2025, to address this vulnerability.

Added: Sep 15, 2025, 11:18 PM
Updated: Sep 15, 2025, 11:18 PM

Vulnerability Rating

Custom Algorithm
spread
7.8
impact
2.5
exploitability
4.4
remediation
7.7
relevance
0.5
threat
0.0
urgency
2.9
incentive
0.8

Our algorithm analyzes dozens of metrics to generate these 8 key vulnerability categories, which are then combined to calculate the overall risk score.