Vulnerability · Published Feb 11, 2026 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2025-46310

Medium 6.0

In plain English

A medium-severity privilege mismanagement 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 9% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.4, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4, macOS Tahoe 26. An attacker with root privileges may be able to delete protected system files.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS 0 – before 14.8.40 – before 15.7.40 – before 26

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

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