PT-2025-31330 · Apple · Apple Macos

Published 2025-07-29 · Updated 2025-07-30 · CVE-2025-43256

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 macOS versions prior to 14.7.7

Description An application may be able to gain root privileges due to improved state management.

Recommendations Update to macOS version 15.6 or later. Update to macOS version 14.7.7 or later.

Fix

LPE

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-43256

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43256 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/124149 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/124150 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-43256 · Vendor Advisory
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/32 · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/28707 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1950344020003311796 · Twitter Post
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/33 · Note
• https://twitter.com/offseq/status/1950345704188063860 · Twitter Post