CVE-2025-43298 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Macos Macos Sequoia Macos Sonoma Macos Tahoe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125111
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125112

History

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apple Apple macos Apple macos Sequoia Apple macos Sonoma Apple macos Tahoe
Vendors & Products		Apple Apple macos Apple macos Sequoia Apple macos Sonoma Apple macos Tahoe

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-41
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 22:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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.
References		https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110 https://support.apple.com/en-us/125111 https://support.apple.com/en-us/125112

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2025-09-15T22:35:54.923Z

Updated: 2025-09-17T03:55:39.534Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T15:24:37.103Z

Link: CVE-2025-43298

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-09-16T13:07:58.136Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-09-15T23:15:32.903

Modified: 2025-09-17T13:43:36.053

Link: CVE-2025-43298

Redhat

No data.

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