CVE-2025-43298

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Sep 15, 2025
Updated: Apr 2, 2026
Reserved: Apr 16, 2025

Description

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8, macOS Tahoe 26. 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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-41 Improper Resolution of Path Equivalence

Affected Products

Product	Versions
macOSApple	before 14.8Affected before 15.7Affected before 26Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125111
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125112
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/55
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/54
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/53

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