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CVE-2025-43298

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
15/09/2025
Last modified:
02/04/2026

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 14.0 (including) 14.8 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 15.0 (including) 15.7 (excluding)

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


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