PT-2025-31286 · Apple · Apple Macos

Published 2025-07-29 · Updated 2025-08-04 · CVE-2025-43188

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 15.6

Description A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

Recommendations Update to macOS version 15.6.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-09691

CVE-2025-43188

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-43188 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43188 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/124149 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-09691 · Security Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/32 · Note
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1952323691095712223 · Twitter Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43188 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1950344012751393098 · Twitter Post