High severity · published Dec 17, 2025
CVE-2024-46062
Miniconda3 macOS installers before 23.11.0-1 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability when installed outside the user's home directory
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Miniconda3 macOS installers before 23.11.0-1 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability when installed outside the user's home directory. During installation, world-writable files are created and executed with root privileges. This flaw allows a local low-privileged user to inject arbitrary commands, leading to code execution as the root user.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 10% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MI
Miniconda3 · Conda
before 23.11.0-1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46062
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46062
Exploit
https://m8sec.dev/blog/privilege-escalation-macos-pkg-installers/
Release Notes
https://www.anaconda.com/docs/getting-started/miniconda/release/23.x#miniconda-23-11-0-1
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