CVE-2025-43298: 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…

PriorityP342high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.22%

13.1th percentile

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.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	macos	< 14.8	14.8
apple	macos	< 15.7	15.7
apple	macos	< 26	26
apple	macos	>= 14.0 < 14.8	14.8
apple	macos	>= 15.0 < 15.7	15.7
apple	macos_sequoia	—	—
apple	macos_sonoma	—	—
apple	macos_tahoe	—	—

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