CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-43463

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.22%

11th percentile - higher than 11% of all known CVEs

Summary

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.3, macOS Sonoma 14.8.3, macOS Tahoe 26.1. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

Risk Assessment

A malicious app running on a macOS device may read sensitive user data, posing a risk of confidentiality breach.

Recommendation

Update macOS to version Sequoia 15.7.3, Sonoma 14.8.3, or Tahoe 26.1 to eliminate the vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.3, macOS Sonoma 14.8.3, macOS Tahoe 26.1. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS