Vulnerability · Published Sep 15, 2025 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2025-43318

Medium 6.2

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization 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 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.2Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26. An app with root privileges may be able to access private information.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	0 – before 26

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

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