---
id: "CVE-2025-24200"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2025-24200"]
title: "An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.1
epss: null
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "vendor"
products: [{"name": "Apple iOS and iPadOS", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "apple ipados", "fixed": ["15.8.4"], "affected": "< 15.8.4", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "apple ipados", "fixed": ["16.7.11"], "affected": ">= 16.0, < 16.7.11", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "apple ipados", "fixed": [], "affected": ">= 17.0, <= 17.7.5", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "apple ipados", "fixed": ["18.3.1"], "affected": ">= 18.0, < 18.3.1", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "apple iphone os", "fixed": ["15.8.4"], "affected": "< 15.8.4", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "apple iphone os", "fixed": ["16.7.11"], "affected": ">= 16.0, < 16.7.11", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "apple iphone os", "fixed": ["18.3.1"], "affected": ">= 17.0, < 18.3.1", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["apple-devices", "exploited", "ios", "ipados", "mobile-fleet", "vendor"]
not_affected_if: ["fully-patched-devices"]
published_at: "2025-02-10T19:15:40+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2025-24200", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24200", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00"}]
---

# An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management

Apple iOS and iPadOS have an incorrect authorization flaw that lets someone with physical access disable USB Restricted Mode on a locked device. Disabling that mode lets a locked device accept USB connections it would otherwise refuse, which can enable data extraction tools.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Apple iOS and iPadOS affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:apple ipados affected < 15.8.4 fixed 15.8.4
- vendor:apple ipados affected >= 16.0, < 16.7.11 fixed 16.7.11
- vendor:apple ipados affected >= 17.0, <= 17.7.5 fixed ?
- vendor:apple ipados affected >= 18.0, < 18.3.1 fixed 18.3.1
- vendor:apple iphone os affected < 15.8.4 fixed 15.8.4
- vendor:apple iphone os affected >= 16.0, < 16.7.11 fixed 16.7.11
- vendor:apple iphone os affected >= 17.0, < 18.3.1 fixed 18.3.1

## How to check

Check the device's iOS or iPadOS version under Settings > General > About; the sources do not list affected version ranges.

## Fix

Update iOS and iPadOS to the latest release from Apple; the sources do not name the fixed version.
CISA directs mitigation per vendor instructions or discontinuing use of unsupported products.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2025-24200
- 2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24200

## From the sources

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.

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