CVE-2025-43243
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8EPSS 0.7%EU EUVD
A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.7.7. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-732
- EPSS score
- 0.7% (53th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2025-23056)
- Published
- July 30, 2025
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2025-23056 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on April 2, 2026.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / macos
Certified products that may be affected
18 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Apple macOS 15 Sequoia - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11648-2026 - active
- Strong Customer Authentication for Apple Pay on MacBook Air 2024 with M3running macOS Sequoia 15.4 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria 2025-11-INF-4674 - active
- Apple macOS 14 Sonoma - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11584-2025 - active
- Strong Customer Authentication for Apple Pay on Mac mini with M4 running macOS Sequoia 15.4, paired with Magic keyboard with Touch ID(macOS Sequoia 15.4 (build 24E248)) (ANSSI-CC-2025/36) - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria ANSSI-CC-2025/36 - active
- Strong Customer Authentication for Apple Pay on MacBookAir 2024 with M3 running macOS Sonoma 14.4 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria 2024-11-INF-4471 - active
See all 18 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/32
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/33
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/34
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/124149(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/124150(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/124151(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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