CVE-2025-43288

State: Published
Severity: 5.5 Medium
Published: Nov 4, 2025
Updated: Apr 2, 2026
Reserved: Apr 16, 2025

Description

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
macOSApple	before 15.7Affected before 26Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125111

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