VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2025-43188
A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.22%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.22% probability · 13th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- apple/macos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/124149Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/32
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.