PT-2025-17688 · Cato · Cato Client For Macos

CVE-2025-3886 · Published 2025-03-11 · Updated 2025-05-12

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cato Client for macOS (affected versions not specified)

Description A local privilege escalation issue exists due to a Time-Of-Check Time-Of-Use vulnerability in the Cato Client for macOS Helper Service. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not available. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Race Condition

Improper Locking

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

CWE-667

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-07180

CVE-2025-3886

ZDI-25-252

Affected Products

Cato Client For Macos

References · 14

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-07180 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-3886 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-252 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3886 · Security Note
• https://support.catonetworks.com/hc/en-us/articles/26903049677597-Security-Vulnerability-CVE-2025-3886-that-Impacts-macOS-Client-Versions-Lower-than-5-8 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/syedaquib77/status/1918002340285530378 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/TheZDIBugs/status/1915439620197605428 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvetracker/22453 · Telegram Post
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-CAN-23275 · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/23841 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1916444780113891337 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/syedaquib77/status/1915238311142318416 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/119950 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/121801 · Telegram Post