CVE-2025-43196_CVE-2025-43196

7.8 / 10

HIGH

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

Description

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.7.7. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-43196

Source apple

Published Jul 29, 2025 at 23:54

Modified Jul 31, 2025 at 03:55

Affected Product

Vendor Apple

Product macOS

Version unspecified

Affected Versions Apple macOS unspecified
Apple macOS unspecified
Apple macOS unspecified

CWE Classification

CWE-22

References

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    "modified": "2025-07-31T03:55:55.635Z",
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