CVE-2025-43220

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

30/07/2025

Last modified:

03/11/2025

Description

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iPadOS 17.7.9, macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.7.7. An app may be able to access protected user data.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.80 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

9.80

Severity 3.x

CRITICAL

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::		17.7.9 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::		13.7.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::	14.0 (including)	14.7.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::	15.0 (including)	15.6 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2025-43220

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools