CVE-2025-43256

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Jul 29, 2025
Updated: Apr 2, 2026
Reserved: Apr 16, 2025

Description

This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

Product	Versions
macOSApple	before 14.7.7Affected before 15.6Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/124149
https://support.apple.com/en-us/124150
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/33
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/32

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