Vulnerability · Published Oct 9, 2025 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2025-43296

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site request forgery 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 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26. An app may bypass Gatekeeper checks.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS 0 – before 26

Weakness: CWE-703, CWE-352, CWE-693 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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