CVE-2025-43298 — Improper Resolution of Path Equivalence in Apple Macos

CWE-41 — Improper Resolution of Path Equivalence6 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.46%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Apple Macos
Timeline
PublishedSep 15
Latest updateSep 16

Description

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8, macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macos< 14.8+2
▶NVDapple/macos14.0 — 14.8+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-pq58-cw5g-45jc: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation↗2025-09-16
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CVEList
CVE-2025-43298: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation↗2025-09-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Apple
CVE-2025-43298: macOS Tahoe 26↗2025-09-15
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Apple
CVE-2025-43298: macOS Sonoma 14.8↗2025-09-15
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Apple
CVE-2025-43298: macOS Sequoia 15.7↗2025-09-15
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CVE-2025-43298 — Apple Macos vulnerability | cvebase