CVE-2025-43472

Published: Nov 4, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Description

A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.2, macOS Sonoma 14.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.1. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

Affected (2)

Products: Apple: Macos

Apple

1 product

Macos

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Apple Macos	Before 14.8.2
Apple Macos	From 15.0 to 15.7.2

Related CWEs

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (3)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125634

Source: product-security@apple.com

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125635

Source: product-security@apple.com

Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125636

Source: product-security@apple.com

Release NotesVendor Advisory

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