Vulnerability · Published Sep 15, 2025 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2025-43204

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity improper access control in macOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	0 – before 26

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/53