CVE-2025-43256 — Improper Privilege Management in Apple Macos

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management5 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.53%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Apple Macos
Timeline
PublishedJul 30

Description

This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macos< 15.6+1
▶NVDapple/macos15.0 — 15.6+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-g82j-g4vg-cqg3: This issue was addressed through improved state management↗2025-07-30
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CVEList
CVE-2025-43256: This issue was addressed through improved state management↗2025-07-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Apple
CVE-2025-43256: macOS Sequoia 15.6↗2025-07-29
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Apple
CVE-2025-43256: macOS Sonoma 14.7.7↗2025-07-29
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