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CVE-2025-43290

MEDIUM 5.5

Published 2026-05-26 · Last modified 2026-05-27

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8, macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

NO EXPLOITATION SIGNALS

No known exploitation, public exploit, or elevated probability at this time. Track for changes.

Exploitation likelihood

0.1%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 3rd percentile

○ In CISA KEV ○ Public exploit / PoC

Impact if exploited

5.5CVSS 3.1 · MEDIUM

  • ConfidentialityNone
  • IntegrityHigh
  • AvailabilityNone

What an attacker needs

  • ⚠Access: Requires local access to the host
  • ⚠Privileges: Requires a low-privilege account
  • ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
  • ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable

✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it

Affected

Vendors Apple

Products Macos

Weakness (CWE)

  • CWE-732: Incorrect permission assignment

CVSS vector

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

References

Technical & other

Sources: NVD · CVE.org · EPSS