CVE-2025-43273 — Protection Mechanism Failure in Apple Macos

CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism Failure5 documents4 sources
Severity
9.1CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.99%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Apple Macos
Timeline
PublishedJul 30
Latest updateSep 15

Description

A permissions issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.8. A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macos< 14.8+1
▶NVDapple/macos< 14.8

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-wm47-xw3j-cmfh: A permissions issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions↗2025-07-30
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CVEList
CVE-2025-43273: A permissions issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions↗2025-07-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Apple
CVE-2025-43273: macOS Sonoma 14.8↗2025-09-15
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Apple
CVE-2025-43273: macOS Sequoia 15.6↗2025-07-29
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