CVE-2025-43382CWE-22path-traversal

CVE-2025-43382

Medium · published November 4, 2025

CVSS v3.1

5.5

EPSS

Percentile

11.7

In the wild

Unconfirmed

What it is

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. 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 access sensitive user data.

The record

Technical detail

CVSS v3.1: 5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0: Not supplied
EPSS: 0.00219 · 11.7th percentile
Weakness: CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published: 2025-11-04T07:15Z

Affected products (2)

Product	Versions	Fixed in
apple/macos	≥ 14.0, < 14.8.2	14.8.2
apple/macos	≥ 15.0, < 15.7.2	15.7.2

References (3)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125634 · [email protected]https://support.apple.com/en-us/125635 · [email protected]https://support.apple.com/en-us/125636 · [email protected]

EPSS history

Timeline

04 NOV 01:16Z
A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation
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