CVE-2025-43298

HIGH 7.8

CVSS Score

7.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

Vendor	apple
Product	macos
Ecosystems	macOS iOS
Industries	Technology
Published	Sep 15, 2025
Last Updated	Apr 2, 2026

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Affected Versions

Apple / macOS

0 < 14.8 0 < 15.7 0 < 26

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

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