CVE-2025-43446CWE-59

CVE-2025-43446

Medium · published November 4, 2025

CVSS v3.1

5.5

EPSS

Percentile

13.2

In the wild

Unconfirmed

What it is

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. 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 modify protected parts of the file system.

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:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0: Not supplied
EPSS: 0.00231 · 13.2th percentile
Weakness: CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Published: 2025-11-04T07:15Z

Affected products (2)

Product	Versions	Fixed in
apple/macos	< 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 01:17Z
This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks
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